Strong's Lexicon

H312

H312 — אַחֵר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewacheradjectiveOccurrences: 166TWOT: 68a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H312
Word:אַחֵר
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H309
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:166
Transliteration:acher
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:akh-air'
Meaning:1. (properly) hinder 2. (generally) next, other, etc
KJV Renderings:(an-)other man, following, next, strange.

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I. אַחֵר adjective another (properly one coming behind), feminine אַחֶ֫רֶת (with daghesh forte implicit); plural אֲחֵרִים (as if from singular אָחֵר), once Job 31:10 אֲחֵרִין, אֲחֵרוֺת (= Arabic [untranscribed source text 157], Sabean אאחֿר, Assyrian a—ru future feminine plural as substantive a—rat ûmê future of days) Gen 4:25 זֶרַע אַחֵר another seed Gen 8:10 שִׁבְעַת יָמִים אֲחֵרִים seven other days Exod 22:4 בִּשְׂדֵה אַחֵר in the field of another + often; אִישׁ אַחֵר another man (husband) Gen 29:19; Deut 24:2; Jer 3:1 חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1Kgs 7:8 the other court, see חָצֵר ; ׳ הַחוֺמָה א 2Chr 32:5 the other wall, see חוֺמָה . Appended to a proper name for distinction Ezra 2:31= Neh 7:34 (see Neh 7:7 = Nehemiah Neh 7:12) Neh 7:33 (probably here text error, see Be Ry18: not in Ezra 2:29). Often with the collateral sense of different, as ׳ בְּגָדִים א other garments Lev 6:4; 1Sam 28:8; Ezek 42:14; Ezek 44:19 עָפָר, אֲבָנִים Lev 14:42 רוּחַ Num 14:24 ׳ וְנֶהְפַּכְתָּ֫ לְאִישׁ אַ 1Sam 10:6 לֵב 1Sam 10:9; Ezek 11:19 ( ᵐ5 Hi Sm); שֵׁם Isa 65:15 (compare Isa 62:2 חָדָשׁ); with that of strange, alien, as ׳ אִישׁ אַ Deut 20:5; Deut 20:6; Deut 20:7; Deut 28:30 ( so אַחֵר, אֲחֵרִים alone Ps 109:8; Job 31:8; Job 31:10; Isa 65:22; Jer 6:12; Jer 8:10 and elsewhere); עַם Deut 28:32 אֶרֶץ Deut 29:27; Jer 22:26 אִשָּׁה Judg 11:2 לָשׁוֺן Isa 28:11 (|| בְּלַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה); especially in the phrase אֱלהִים אֲחֵרִים other gods (63 t.) Exod 20:3 (= Deut 5:7) Deut 23:13 (both J E ) Josh 24:2 ; Josh 24:16 ( E ) 1Sam 26:19 ; Hos 3:1, & particularly in Deuteronomy ( Hos 6:14; Hos 8:19 + 15 t.) & Deuteronomic writers, as Josh 23:16; Judg 2:12; Judg 2:17; Judg 2:19 Jeremiah (18 t.) & compiler of Kings; אֵל אַחֵר once Exod 34:14 ( J E ). So אַחֵר alone Isa 42:8; Ps 16:4. Of time, following, next (rare) ׳ בַּשָּׁנָה הָאַ Gen 17:21 ( P ) in the next year; 2Kgs 6:29 ׳ בַּיּוֺם הָאַ; ׳ דּוֺר אַ Joel 1:3; Ps 109:13 in poetry the next generation (Judg 2:10 in prose = another generation).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אחר (ah-ghehr’)

Genesis 4:25

KJV: And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.Seth: Heb. Sheth: that is Appointed, or, Put
EHCC: appointed me another seed instead

Genesis 8:10

KJV: And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
EHCC: 12. he stayed yet other seven days;

Genesis 17:21

KJV: But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
EHCC: at this set time in the next year.

Genesis 26:21

KJV: And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.Sitnah: that is, Hatred
EHCC: And they digged another well,

Genesis 29:19

KJV: And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
EHCC: I shou! give her to another man:

Genesis 30:24

KJV: And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.Joseph: that is, Adding
EHCC: Lord shall add to me a: son,

Genesis 37:9

KJV: And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
EHCC: he dreamed rb another dream,

Genesis 41:3

KJV: And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
EHCC: 19.seven other kine came up after them

Genesis 43:14

KJV: And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.If…: or, And I, as I have been, etc.
EHCC: סמ may send away your other brother,

Exodus 20:3

KJV: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
EHCC: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Exodus 21:10

KJV: If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
EHCC: If he take him another (wife);

Exodus 22:5

KJV: If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
EHCC: (4).shall feed in another man's field ;

Exodus 23:13

KJV: And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
EHCC: make no mention of the name of other

Exodus 34:14

KJV: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
EHCC: thou shalt worship no other god:

Leviticus 6:11

KJV: And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
EHCC: (4). put on other garments,

Leviticus 14:42

KJV: And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
EHCC: they shall take stones,

Leviticus 27:20

KJV: And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
EHCC: if he have sold the field to another man,

Numbers 14:24

KJV: But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
EHCC: because he had another spirit

Numbers 23:13

KJV: And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
EHCC: with me unto another place,

Numbers 27:1

KJV: Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
EHCC: will bring thee unto another place ;

Numbers 36:9

KJV: Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
EHCC: remove from (one) tribe to another

Deuteronomy 5:7

KJV: Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
EHCC: Thou shalt have none other gods before

Deuteronomy 6:14

KJV: Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
EHCC: Ye shall not go after other gods,

Deuteronomy 7:4

KJV: For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
EHCC: that they may serve other gods:

Deuteronomy 8:19

KJV: And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
EHCC: walk after other gods, and serve them,

Deuteronomy 11:16

KJV: Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
EHCC: ye turn aside, and serve other gods,

Deuteronomy 18:2

KJV: Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
EHCC: (3). saying, Let us go after other gods,

Deuteronomy 17:3

KJV: And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
EHCC: th gone and served other gods,

Deuteronomy 18:20

KJV: But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
EHCC: that shall speak in the name of other gucis,

Deuteronomy 20:5

KJV: And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
EHCC: in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

Deuteronomy 24:14

KJV: Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
EHCC: to go after other gods to serve them. =~

Deuteronomy 38:36

EHCC: there shalt thou serve other gods,

Judges 2:10

KJV: And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
EHCC: there arose another generation

Ruth 2:8

KJV: Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
EHCC: Go not to glean in another fiel

2 Kings 1:11

KJV: Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
EHCC: he sent unto him another captain

2 Chronicles 3:11

KJV: And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
EHCC: 12.t0 the wing of the other cherub.

Nehemiah 5:5

KJV: Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
EHCC: other men have our lands and vineyards.

Esther 4:14

KJV: For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?enlargement: Heb. respiration
EHCC: arise to the Jews from another place;

Job 8:19

KJV: Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
EHCC: out of the earth shall others grow.

Psalms 16:4

KJV: Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.hasten…: or, give gifts to another
EHCC: multiplied (that) hasten (after) another

Proverbs 5:9

KJV: Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
EHCC: Lest thou give thine honour wnto others,

Ecclesiastes 7:22

KJV: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
EHCC: thou thyself likewise hast cursed others,

Jeremiah 6:12

KJV: And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
EHCC: their houses shall be turned unto 00ס 0

Jeremiah 7:6

KJV: If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
EHCC: neither walk after other gods 0 hurt;

Jeremiah 8:10

KJV: Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
EHCC: will I give their wives unto others,

Jeremiah 11:10

KJV: They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
EHCC: they went after other gods to serve

Jeremiah 13:10

KJV: This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.imagination: or, stubbornness
EHCC: walk after other gods, to serve them,

Jeremiah 16:11

KJV: Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
EHCC: have Lerner other gods,

Jeremiah 18:4

KJV: And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.of clay…: or, was marred, as clay in the hand of the pottermade it…: Heb. returned and made, etc
EHCC: 80 he made it again another vessel,

Jeremiah 19:4

KJV: Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
EHCC: burned incense in it unto other gods,

Jeremiah 22:9

KJV: Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
EHCC: worshipped other gods, and served them.

Jeremiah 25:6

KJV: And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
EHCC: go not after other gods to serve them,

Jeremiah 82:29

EHCC: poured out drink offerings unto other

Jeremiah 36:28

KJV: Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
EHCC: Take thee again another roll,

Jeremiah 44:3

KJV: Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
EHCC: to serve other gods, whom they knew not,

Ezekiel 12:3

KJV: Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.stuff: or, instruments
EHCC: remove from thy place to place

Ezekiel 40:40

KJV: And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables.as one…: or, at the step
EHCC: the other side, which (was) at the porch

Ezekiel 41:24

KJV: And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
EHCC: two leaves for the other (door).

Ezekiel 42:14

KJV: When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
EHCC: shall put on other garments,

Ezekiel 44:19

KJV: And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
EHCC: they ean + on other garments;

Ezekiel 12:5

KJV: Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.Dig…: Heb. Dig for thee
EHCC: there stood other two,

Hosea 3:1

KJV: Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.of wine: Heb. of grapes
EHCC: who look to other gods,

Joel 1:3

KJV: Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
EHCC: their children another generation.

Zechariah 2:3

KJV: And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
EHCC: (7).another angel went out to meet him,
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