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H268 אָחוֹר (ʼâchôwr) aw-khore'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or (shortened) achor {aw-khore'}; from 299; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West

KJV Usage: after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-)hind(-er part), time to come, without

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָחוֹר (a.chor) — back. 1) the back side, the rear 1a) backwards 1b) hereafter (of time) 1c) behind

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · אחר

Spatial Referents | ≠ פָּנִים

back = a referent pointing to the space behind a person or object

EXO 26:12 · EXO 33:23 · 1KI 7:25 · 2CH 4:4 · EZK 2:10 · EZK 8:16

Spatial Referents | ≠ קֶדֶם

back, backwards = a referent pointing to the space behind a person or object; ≈ since the way the ancient Israelites oriented themselves was facing the East, the term is also often used to denote the West; also associated with failure, unfaithfulness, and outright rebellion

GEN 49:17 · 2SA 1:22 · 2SA 10:9 · 1CH 19:10 · 2CH 13:14 · JOB 23:8 · PSA 9:4 · PSA 35:4 · PSA 40:15 · PSA 44:11 · PSA 44:19 · PSA 56:10 · PSA 70:3 · PSA 78:66 · PSA 114:3 · PSA 114:5 · PSA 129:5 · PSA 139:5 · PRO 29:11 · ISA 1:4 · ISA 9:11 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 42:17 · ISA 44:25 · ISA 50:5 · ISA 59:14 · JER 7:24 · JER 15:6 · JER 38:22 · JER 46:5 · LAM 1:8 · LAM 1:13 · LAM 2:3

Time

Collocation: לְאָחֹור

hereafter = referent to a time that is yet to come

ISA 41:23 · ISA 42:23

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָחוֹר 41 subst. the hinder side, back part base

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