# H309 אָחַר

אָחַר (ʼâchar), Strong’s H309: 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.

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*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.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/23?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/5?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/46?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/2?v=3) — For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes…