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 the LORD 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 speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there 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] more honourable than all the house of his father.Exodus 22:29 · תְאַחֵ֑רThou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn 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 the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.Judges 5:28 · אֶֽחֱר֔וּThe mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and 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 assemble [the men of] Judah: 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 LORD, make no tarrying.Psalm 127:2 · מְאַֽחֲרֵי־[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.Proverbs 23:30 · לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥יםThey that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek 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 hast vowed.Isaiah 5:11 · מְאַחֲרֵ֣יWoe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until 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: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.Habakkuk 2:3 · יְאַחֵֽר׃For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.