1) to delay, hesitate, tarry, defer, remain behind 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to delay, tarry (intensive) 1a2) to cause one to delay, hinder, keep back 1b) (Piel) to delay, wait, stay behind (but not in hope) Also means: ya.char (יָחַר "to delay" H3186)
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H309 — אָחַר
a.char · to delay · Hebrew/Aramaic
17 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 24:56 · תְּאַחֲר֣וּAnd he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.Genesis 32:4 · וָאֵחַ֖רAnd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:Genesis 34:19 · אֵחַ֤רAnd the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.Exodus 22:29 · תְאַחֵ֑רThou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.Deuteronomy 7:10 · יְאַחֵר֙and repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.Deuteronomy 23:21 · תְאַחֵ֖רWhen thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.Judges 5:28 · אֶֽחֱר֔וּThrough the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?2 Samuel 20:5 · וַיּ֕וֹחֶרSo Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.Psalm 40:17 · תְּאַחַֽר׃But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.Psalm 70:5 · תְּאַחַֽר׃But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.Psalm 127:2 · מְאַֽחֲרֵי־It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.Proverbs 23:30 · לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥יםThey that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.Ecclesiastes 5:4 · תְּאַחֵר֙When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.Isaiah 5:11 · מְאַחֲרֵ֣יWoe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!Isaiah 46:13 · תְאַחֵ֑רI bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.Daniel 9:19 · תְּאַחַ֑רO Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.Habakkuk 2:3 · יְאַחֵֽר׃For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.