# אָחַר (achar)

Israeli respelling: a-char. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H309. 17 Old Testament occurrences.

to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate

King James renderings: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/achar-h309

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 24:56](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/56) — And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
- [Genesis 32:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/4) — And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed…
- [Genesis 34:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/34/19) — And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house o…
- [Exodus 22:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/29) — Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
- [Deuteronomy 7:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/10) — And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
- [Deuteronomy 23:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/23/21) — When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and i…
- [Judges 5:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/5/28) — The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of h…
- [2 Samuel 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/20/5) — So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
- [Psalms 40:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/40/17) — But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
- [Psalms 70:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/70/5) — But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
- [Psalms 127:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/127/2) — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
- [Proverbs 23:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/30) — They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
- [Ecclesiastes 5:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/4) — When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
- [Isaiah 5:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/11) — Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
- [Isaiah 46:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/13) — I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my…
- [Daniel 9:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/19) — O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by t…
- [Habakkuk 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/3) — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will sure…