Thaer
H309
- Original: אחר
- Transliteration: 'achar
- Phonetic: aw-khar'
- Definition:
1. to delay, hesitate, tarry, defer, remain behind
a. (Qal)
1. to delay, tarry (intensive)
2. to cause one to delay, hinder, keep back
b. (Piel) to delay, wait, stay behind (but not in hope)
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 68
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root; to loiter (that is be behind); by implication to procrastinate: - continue defer delay hinder be late (slack) stay (there) tarry (longer).
Total KJV Occurrences: 16
• continue, 1
Isaiah 5:11
• defer, 2
Ecclesiastes 5:4; Daniel 9:19
• deferred, 1
Genesis 34:19
• delay, 1
Exodus 22:29
• Hinder, 1
Genesis 24:56
• late, 1
Psalm 127:2
• long, 1
Proverbs 23:30
• slack, 2
Deuteronomy 7:10; Deuteronomy 23:21
• tarry, 3
Judges 5:28; Isaiah 46:13; Habakkuk 2:3
• tarrying, 2
Psalm 40:17; Psalm 70:5
• there, 1
Genesis 32:4