H309 אָחַר
ʼâchar — to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
KJV: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
Occurs 16 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָחַר vb. to remain behind, delay, tarry
- Qal and I have tarried until now
- Pi.
- 1 intensive, delay, tarry
- 2 causat. of Qal, cause one to delay, hinder; keep back (= bring late)
Where it occurs
- Genesis 24:56 — He said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”
- Genesis 32:5 — He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have…
- Genesis 34:19 — The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all…
- Exodus 22:28 — “You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of…
- Deuteronomy 7:10 — and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay…
- Deuteronomy 23:22 — When you vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for the LORD your God will surely require it…
- Judges 5:28 — “Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long…
- Isaiah 5:11 — Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until…
- Isaiah 46:13 — I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my…
- Habakkuk 2:3 — For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes…