# אָחוֹר (achor)

Israeli respelling: achor. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H268. 41 Old Testament occurrences.

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

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

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/achor-h268

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 49:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/17) — Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
- [Exodus 26:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/26/12) — And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
- [Exodus 33:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/33/23) — And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
- [2 Samuel 1:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/22) — From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
- [2 Samuel 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/10/9) — When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in arr…
- [1 Kings 7:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/7/25) — It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three…
- [1 Chronicles 19:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/19/10) — Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array ag…
- [2 Chronicles 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/4/4) — It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three…
- [2 Chronicles 13:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/14) — And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpe…
- [Job 23:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/23/8) — Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
- [Psalms 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/9/3) — When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
- [Psalms 35:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/4) — Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- [Psalms 40:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/40/14) — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish m…
- [Psalms 44:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/44/10) — Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
- [Psalms 44:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/44/18) — Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
- [Psalms 56:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/56/9) — When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
- [Psalms 70:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/70/2) — Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
- [Psalms 78:66](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/66) — And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
- [Psalms 114:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/114/3) — The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
- [Psalms 114:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/114/5) — What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
- [Psalms 129:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/129/5) — Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
- [Psalms 139:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/5) — Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
- [Proverbs 29:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/11) — A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
- [Isaiah 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/4) — Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have p…
- [Isaiah 9:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/12) — The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, bu…
- [Isaiah 28:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/13) — But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there…
- [Isaiah 41:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/41/23) — Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behol…
- [Isaiah 42:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/42/17) — They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
- [Isaiah 42:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/42/23) — Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
- [Isaiah 44:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/25) — That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
- [Isaiah 50:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/50/5) — The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
- [Isaiah 59:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/59/14) — And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
- [Jeremiah 7:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/7/24) — But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, a…
- [Jeremiah 15:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/15/6) — Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am we…
- [Jeremiah 38:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/22) — And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those wo…
- [Jeremiah 46:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/46/5) — Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for…
- [Lamentations 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/8) — Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, s…
- [Lamentations 1:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/13) — From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he ha…
- [Lamentations 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/3) — He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against…
- [Ezekiel 2:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/2/10) — And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
- [Ezekiel 8:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/8/16) — And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the a…