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 · תְּאַחֲר֣וּHe said to them, “Don’t hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”Genesis 32:4 · וָאֵחַ֖רHe commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall tell my lord, Esau: ‘This is what your servant, Jacob, says. I have lived as a foreigner with Laban, and stayed until now.Genesis 34:19 · אֵחַ֤רThe young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.Exodus 22:29 · תְאַחֵ֑ר“You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. “You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.Deuteronomy 7:10 · יְאַחֵר֙and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him to his face.Deuteronomy 23:21 · תְאַחֵ֖רWhen you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.Judges 5:28 · אֶֽחֱר֔וּ“Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’2 Samuel 20:5 · וַיּ֕וֹחֶרSo Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.Psalm 40:17 · תְּאַחַֽר׃But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.Psalm 70:5 · תְּאַחַֽר׃But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.Psalm 127:2 · מְאַֽחֲרֵי־It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.Proverbs 23:30 · לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥יםThose who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.Ecclesiastes 5:4 · תְּאַחֵר֙When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.Isaiah 5:11 · מְאַחֲרֵ֣יWoe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!Isaiah 46:13 · תְאַחֵ֑רI bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.Daniel 9:19 · תְּאַחַ֑רLord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.Habakkuk 2:3 · יְאַחֵֽר׃For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.