Lexical Definition

‎אַחֵר‎ ʼachêr (akh-air') another ^H:A
from ‎אָחַר‎

(an-) other man, following, next, strange.

• properly, hinder
• generally, next, other, etc.

1) another, other, following
1a) following, further
1b) other, different

See Greek: ἄλλος · ἀλλότριος · ἔντιμος · ἕτερος · καινός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 , 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 vNeh 7:7 = Nehemiah vNeh 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 v1Sam 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 (JE). 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).

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