Achar means “continue” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G309 — anablepsis (“recovery of sight”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H309 אָחַר (achar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. achar (aw-khar') v. 1. to loiter (i.e. be behind) 2. (by implication) to procrastinate It has 17 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include slack, defer, stayed, delay, and late. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
achar (aw-khar') v. 1. to loiter (i.e. be behind) 2. (by implication) to procrastinate [a primitive root] KJV: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
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to delay
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render achar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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17 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
And 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:
And 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.
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H309.
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
And 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:
And 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.
Thou 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.
And 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.
When 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.
The 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?
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
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.
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
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.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
I 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.
O 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.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H309, grouped by book.
Achar (Strong's H309) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "continue". achar (aw-khar') v. 1. to loiter (i.e. be behind) 2. (by implication) to procrastinate
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's H309 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H309 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as slack, defer, stayed, delay, late, and continue. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.