אָחוֹרʼâchôwr
the hinder side, back part
Pronunciation: aw-khore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H268
Meanings
a. backwards (Genesis 49:17; 2 Samuel 1:22; Psalms 9:4)
b. backwards, in the background (Proverbs 29:11)
c. hereafter (Psalms 114:3; Psalms 114:5; Jeremiah 7:24)
d. behind (2 Samuel 10:9; Isaiah 9:11)
hinder part (Exodus 26:12; Exodus 33:23; 1 Kings 7:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 41 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:17 Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous viper along the path that bites the horse’s hooves so its rider is thrown off.
- Exodus 26:12 The remaining 3 feet of this tent covering will be left to hang over the back of the Tabernacle.
- Exodus 33:23 Then I will remove my hand and let you see me from behind. But my face will not be seen.”
- 2 Samuel 1:22 The bow of Jonathan was powerful, and the sword of Saul did its mighty work. They shed the blood of their enemies and pierced the bodies of mighty heroes.
- 2 Samuel 10:9 When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel’s elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.
- 1 Kings 7:25 The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen, all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them.
See every passage
- Genesis 49:17
- Exodus 26:12, 33:23
- 2 Samuel 1:22, 10:9
- 1 Kings 7:25
- 1 Chronicles 19:10
- 2 Chronicles 4:4, 13:14
- Job 23:8
- Psalms 9:3, 35:4, 40:14, 44:10, 44:18, 56:9, 70:2, 78:66, 114:3, 114:5, 129:5, 139:5
- Proverbs 29:11
- Isaiah 1:4, 9:12, 28:13, 41:23, 42:17, 42:23, 44:25, 50:5, 59:14
- Jeremiah 7:24, 15:6, 38:22, 46:5
- Lamentations 1:8, 1:13, 2:3
- Ezekiel 2:10, 8:16
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).