Strong’s H312 · Hebrew

אַחֵר
ʼachêr
akh-air'

Definition

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

Etymology

from H309 (אָחַר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • (an-) other man
  • following
  • next
  • strange

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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