King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H312
Transliteration: acher
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-air')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: another
Meaning: hinder, next, other
Word Summary
acher: another
Original Word: אַחֵרTransliteration: acher
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-air')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: another
Meaning: hinder, next, other
Strong's Concordance
another man, following, next, strange From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc. -- (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
see HEBREW 'achar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H312. acher
I. אַחֵר adjective another (properly one coming behind), feminine אַחֶ֫רֶת (with daghesh forte implicit); plural אֲחֵרִים (as if from singular אָחֵר), once Job 31:10 אֲחֵרוֺת אֲחֵרִין, (= Arabic , Sabean אאחֿר, Assyrian a—ru future feminine plural as substantive a—rat ûmê future of days) Genesis 4:25 אַחֵר זֶרַע another seed 8:10 אֲחֵרִים יָמִים שִׁבְעַת seven other days Exodus 22:4 אַחֵר בִּשְׂדֵה in the field of another + often; אַחֵר אִישׁ another man (husband) Genesis 29:19; Deuteronomy 24:2; Jeremiah 3:1; הָאַחֶרֶת חָצֵר 1 Kings 7:8 the other court, see חָצֵר; א ׳הַחוֺמָה2 Chronicles 32:5 the other wall, see חוֺמָה. Appended to a proper name for distinction Ezra 2:31= Nehemiah 7:34 (see 7:7 = Nehemiah 7:12) 7:33 (probably here text error, see Be Ry18: not in Ezra 2:29). Often with the collateral sense of different, as א ׳בְּגָדִים other garments Leviticus 6:4; 1 Samuel 28:8; Ezekiel 42:14; 44:19; אֲבָנִים עָפָר, Leviticus 14:42; רוּחַ Numbers 14:24; אַ לְאִישׁ ׳וְנֶהְמַּכְתָּ֫ 1 Samuel 10:6; לֵב 10:9; Ezekiel 11:19 (ᵐ5 Hi Sm); שֵׁם Isaiah 65:15 (compare 62:2 חָדָשׁ); with that of strange, alien, as אַ ׳אִישׁ Deuteronomy 20:5-6, 7; 28:30 ( so אֲחֵרִים אַחֵר, alone Psalm 109:8; Job 31:8, 10; Isaiah 65:22; Jeremiah 6:12; 8:10 and elsewhere); עַם Deuteronomy 28:32; אֶרֶץ 29:27; Jeremiah 22:26; אִשָּׁה Judges 11:2; לָשׁוֺן Isaiah 28:11 ("" שָׂפָה בְּלַעֲגֵי); especially in the phrase אֲחֵרִים אֱלהִים other gods (63 t.) Exodus 20:3 (= Deuteronomy 5:7) 23:13 (both J E) Joshua 24:2, 16 (E) 1 Samuel 26:19; Hosea 3:1, & particularly in Deuteronomy (Hosea 6:14; Deuteronomy 8:19 15t.) & Deuteronomic writers, as Joshua 23:16; Judges 2:12, 17, 19 Jeremiah (18 t.) & compiler of Kings; אַחֵר אֵל once Exodus 34:14 (JE). So אַחֵר alone Isaiah 42:8; Psalm 16:4. Of time, following, next (rare) הָאַ ׳בַּשָּׁנָה Genesis 17:21 (P) in the next year; 2 Kings 6:29 הָאַ ׳בַּיּוֺם; אַ ׳דּוֺר Joel 1:3; Psalm 109:13 in poetry the next Generation (Judges 2:10 in prose = another Generation).