אַחֵר

ʼachêr · Hebrew · Strong's H312 · 166 occurrences

The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “next”

What it means

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.

from H309 (אָחַר);

How the KJV renders it

another man, following, next, strange

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“next”

also renders epioûsa (G1966), héteros (G2087), hexēs (G1836), échō (G2192), metaxý (G3342), mishneh (H4932), qârôwb (H7138)

“strange”

also renders allótrios (G245), xenízō (G3579), héteros (G2087), xénos (G3581), parádoxos (G3861), éxō (G1854), ʻâmêq (H6012)

“following”

also renders epioûsa (G1966), hexēs (G1836), échō (G2192)

“another man”

also renders zûwr (H2114)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

166 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 2:26 · HAafsa

Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

1 Chronicles 16:20 · HAamsa

They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

1 Chronicles 23:17 · HAampa

The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

1 Kings 3:22 · HTd/Aafsa

The other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.

1 Kings 7:8 · HTd/Aafsa

His house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the same construction. He made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.

1 Kings 9:6 · HAampa

But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,

1 Kings 9:9 HAampa1 Kings 11:4 HAampa1 Kings 11:10 HAampa1 Kings 13:10 HAamsa1 Kings 14:9 HAampa1 Kings 20:37 HAamsa1 Samuel 8:8 HAampa1 Samuel 10:6 HAamsa1 Samuel 10:9 HAamsa1 Samuel 17:30 HAamsa1 Samuel 19:21 HAampa1 Samuel 21:9 HAafsa1 Samuel 26:19 HAampa1 Samuel 28:8 HAampa2 Chronicles 3:11 HTd/Aafsa2 Chronicles 3:12 HTd/Aafsa2 Chronicles 7:19 HAampa2 Chronicles 7:22 HAampa2 Chronicles 28:25 HAampa2 Chronicles 30:23 HAampa2 Chronicles 32:5 HAafsa2 Chronicles 34:25 HAampa2 Kings 1:11 HAamsa2 Kings 5:17 HAampa2 Kings 6:29 HTd/Aamsa2 Kings 7:8 HAamsa2 Kings 17:7 HAampa2 Kings 17:35 HAampa2 Kings 17:37 HAampa2 Kings 17:38 HAampa2 Kings 22:17 HAampa2 Samuel 13:16 HR/Aafsa2 Samuel 18:20 HAamsa2 Samuel 18:26 HAamsaDaniel 11:4 HC/R/AampaDaniel 12:5 HAampaDeuteronomy 5:7 HAampaDeuteronomy 6:14 HAampaDeuteronomy 7:4 HAampaDeuteronomy 8:19 HAampaDeuteronomy 11:16 HAampaDeuteronomy 11:28 HAampaDeuteronomy 13:2 HAampaDeuteronomy 13:6 HAampaDeuteronomy 13:13 HAampaDeuteronomy 17:3 HAampaDeuteronomy 18:20 HAampaDeuteronomy 20:5 HAamsaDeuteronomy 20:6 HAamsaDeuteronomy 20:7 HAamsaDeuteronomy 24:2 HAamsaDeuteronomy 28:14 HAampaDeuteronomy 28:30 HAamsaDeuteronomy 28:32 HAamsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.