322. achorannith

Lexicon

achorannith: Backward, behind

Original Word: אֲחֹרַנִּית
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: achoranniyth
Pronunciation: a-kho-ran-neeth
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-o-ran-neeth')
Definition: Backward, behind
Meaning: backwards

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

back ward, again

Prolonged from 'achowr; backwards -- back (-ward, again).

see HEBREW 'achowr

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
prol. from achor
Definition
backwards
NASB Translation
back (2), back again (1), backward (3), turned away (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֲחֹרַנִּית adverb (properly an adjective feminine, compare קְדֹרַנִּית Sta^{§ 367}) backwards (= in poetry אָחוֺר Genesis 9:23 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 20:10,11; Isaiah 38:8.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root אָחוֹר (achor), meaning "back" or "behind."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • Strong's Greek Number 3694: ὀπίσω (opisō), meaning "behind" or "after."
• Strong's Greek Number 5286: ὀπισθίως (opisthios), meaning "backwards" or "from behind."

These Greek terms similarly convey the idea of moving in a direction that is opposite to forward progress, often used in the New Testament to describe following or turning away.

Usage: This word is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a movement or direction that is towards the back or in a reverse manner.

Context: אֲחֹרַנִּית (achoranit) appears in the context of describing a backward motion or direction. It is used in a few specific instances in the Hebrew Scriptures. For example, in Isaiah 1:4, the term is used metaphorically to describe a people who have turned away from God, moving "backwards" in their spiritual journey. The usage of אֲחֹרַנִּית often carries a negative connotation, implying regression or a return to a former, less desirable state. The term highlights the contrast between forward progress and backward movement, both physically and spiritually.

Forms and Transliterations

אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית אֲחֹ֨רַנִּ֜ית אֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖ית אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית אֲחֹרַנִּֽית׃ אחרנית אחרנית׃ ’ă·ḥō·ran·nîṯ ’ăḥōrannîṯ aChoranNit

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 9:23
HEB: שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וַיְכַסּ֕וּ אֵ֖ת
NAS: and walked backward and covered
KJV: and went backward, and covered
INT: both and walked backward and covered the nakedness

Genesis 9:23
HEB: אֲבִיהֶ֑ם וּפְנֵיהֶם֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וְעֶרְוַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ם
NAS: and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see
KJV: and their faces [were] backward, and they saw
INT: of their father and their faces were turned nakedness their father's

1 Samuel 4:18
HEB: מֵֽעַל־ הַ֠כִּסֵּא אֲחֹ֨רַנִּ֜ית בְּעַ֣ד ׀ יַ֣ד
NAS: off the seat backward beside the gate,
KJV: from off the seat backward by
INT: and the seat backward by the side

1 Kings 18:37
HEB: אֶת־ לִבָּ֖ם אֲחֹרַנִּֽית׃
NAS: their heart back again.
KJV: their heart back again.
INT: have turned their heart back

2 Kings 20:10
HEB: יָשׁ֥וּב הַצֵּ֛ל אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃
NAS: turn backward ten
KJV: return backward ten
INT: turn the shadow backward ten steps

2 Kings 20:11
HEB: בְּמַעֲל֥וֹת אָחָ֛ז אֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃
NAS: on the stairway back ten
KJV: degrees backward, by
INT: the stairway of Ahaz back ten steps

Isaiah 38:8
HEB: אָחָ֥ז בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת
NAS: of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.
KJV: degrees backward. So the sun
INT: of Ahaz the sun back ten steps

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 322
7 Occurrences

’ă·ḥō·ran·nîṯ — 7 Occ.