Lexical Definition

‎אָחוֹר‎ ʼâchôwr (aw-khore') back ^H:N-M
or (shortened) אָחֹר ʼâchôr (awkhore') ; from ‎אֲחִירַע‎

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

• the hinder part
• hence (adverb) behind, backward
• also (as facing north) the West

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

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָחוֺר‎₄₁ substantive (Arabic ) the hinder side, back part, in the singular, mostly in adverbial phrases: —
a. as accusative, in poetry backwards 23 t. ( = prose ‎אֲחֹרַנִּית‎) with verbs such as ‎נָפַל‎ fall Gen 49:17, ‎נָשׂוֺג‎ be turned 2Sam 1:22 (|| ‎תָּשׁוּב‎ ‎רֵיקָם‎), ‎שׁוּב‎ Ps 9:4*; Ps 56:10* +, ‎נָסוֺג‎ Ps 35:4; Ps 40:15* + (of enemies repulsed), Ps 44:19*; Isa 50:5 (from obedience to God), ‎נָזוֺר‎ Isa 1:4, ‎הֵשׁיב‎ Isa 44:25; Ps 44:11*, ‎הִכָּה‎ Ps 78:66 behind (opposed to ‎קֶדֶם‎) Ps 139:5; Job 23:8 in the phrase ‎פָּנִים‎ ‎וְאָחוֺר‎ in front and behind 1Chr 19:10 (altered from ‎׳‎‎וּמֵאָ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִפָּ‎ in 2 Samuel see below) 2Chr 13:14; Ezek 2:10.
b. ‎בְּאָחוֺר‎ Prov 29:11, ‎וְחָכָם בְּאָחוֺר יְשַׁבְּחֶנָּה‎ Ges Hi but a wise man stilleth it (‎רוּחַ‎ anger) backwards (that is, when it would break forth), De in the background, that is, of his heart (|| ‎כָּלרֿוּחוֺ יוֺצִיא‎ ‎כְסִיל‎).
c. ‎לְאָחוֺר‎ (α) as
a. Ps 114:3; Ps 114:5; Jer 7:24 (β) of time, hereafter (compare ‎לְפָנִים‎ = before) Isa 41:23; Isa 42:23.
d. ‎מֵאָחוֺר‎ behind (‎מן‎ = on the side of) 2Sam 10:9 ‎׳‎‎מִפָּנִים וּמֵ‎ in front and behind, Isa 9:11* ‎׳‎‎וּפְלִשְׁתִּים מֵאָ‎ and the Philistines behind (= on the West), opposed to ‎אֲרָם מִקֶּדֶם‎. Plur. construct ‎אֲחֹרֵי‎ hinder part (of the tabernacle) Exod 26:12, (of a man or animal Exod 33:23; 1Kgs 7:25 (= 2Chr 4:4) Ezek 8:16.

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