Definition

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

Etymology

or (shortened) אָחֹר ; from H299 (אֲחִירַע);

Where the KJV renders it

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

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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