Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
KJV Usage: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָחַר (a.char) — to delay. 1) to delay, hesitate, tarry, defer, remain behind 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to delay, tarry (intensive) 1a2) to cause one to delay, hinder, keep back 1b) (Piel) to delay, wait, stay behind (but not in hope) Also means: ya.char (יָחַר "to delay" H3186)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אָחֹור · אַחֵר · אַחַר · אַחֲרֹון · אַחֲרִית · אֲחֹרַנִּית
Delay | verb qal, verb pi
to be delayed, to linger, to be slow, to tarry = process by which an event happens later than expected
Delay | verb qal, verb pi, verb hif
to delay, to linger, to stay, to be slow = action by which humans or deities perform an event later than expected
GEN 32:5 · GEN 34:19 · DEU 7:10 · DEU 23:22 · 2SA 20:5 · PSA 40:18 · PSA 70:6 · PSA 127:2 · PRO 23:30 · ECC 5:3 · ISA 5:11 · DAN 9:19
Delay | verb pi
to delay (someone else) = causative action by which humans cause other humans to perform an event later than expected
Possess | ≠ נתן
to withhold, to hold back = to keep something to oneself, refusing to give it to someone else
1 2SA 20:5 · 2SA 20:5 MT-Q | MT-K qal
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָחַר vb. to remain behind, delay, tarry Qal and I have tarried until now
Pi. intensive, delay, tarry
causat. of Qal, cause one to delay, hinder; keep back (= bring late)
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