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 saith unto them, ‘Do not delay me, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord;’Genesis 32:4 · וָאֵחַ֖רand commandeth them, saying, ‘Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now;Genesis 34:19 · אֵחַ֤רand the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.Exodus 22:29 · תְאַחֵ֑ר‘Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;Deuteronomy 7:10 · יְאַחֵר֙and repaying to those hating Him, unto their face, to destroy them; He delayeth not to him who is hating Him—unto his face, He repayeth to him—Deuteronomy 23:21 · תְאַחֵ֖ר‘When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee—sin.Judges 5:28 · אֶֽחֱר֔וּThrough the window she hath looked out—Yea, she crieth out—the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Wherefore is his chariot delaying to come? Wherefore tarried have the steps of his chariot?2 Samuel 20:5 · וַיּ֕וֹחֶרand Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;Psalm 40:17 · תְּאַחַֽר׃And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.Psalm 70:5 · תְּאַחַֽר׃And I am poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer art Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not!Psalm 127:2 · מְאַֽחֲרֵי־Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.Proverbs 23:30 · לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥יםThose tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.Ecclesiastes 5:4 · תְּאַחֵר֙When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest—complete.Isaiah 5:11 · מְאַחֲרֵ֣יWoe to those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inflameth them!Isaiah 46:13 · תְאַחֵ֑רI have brought near My righteousness, It is not far off, And My salvation—it doth not tarry, And I have given in Zion salvation, To Israel My glory!Daniel 9:19 · תְּאַחַ֑רO lord, hear, O Lord, forgive; O Lord, attend and do; do not delay, for Thine own sake, O my God, for Thy name is called on Thy city, and on Thy people.’Habakkuk 2:3 · יְאַחֵֽר׃For yet the vision is for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.