{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H309",
  "lemma": "אָחַר",
  "transliteration": "ʼâchar",
  "definition": "to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate",
  "kjv": "continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).",
  "occurrences": 16,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:56",
      "text": "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.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=56"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:5",
      "text": "He commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:19",
      "text": "The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:28",
      "text": "“You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 7:10",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/7?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 23:22",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/23?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 5:28",
      "text": "“Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/5?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 5:11",
      "text": "Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 46:13",
      "text": "I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/46?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Habakkuk 2:3",
      "text": "For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/2?v=3"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H309",
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}