אֲחֹרַנִּית
a.cho.ran.nitbackwardsHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdverb7 occurrences5 books6 verses
Definition
prolonged from H268; backwards
Traditional renderings: back (-ward, again).
Traditional renderings: back (-ward, again).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֲחֹרַנִּית:
- ὀπίσωopisō“after”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Genesis 9:23אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית · backward; אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית · were turned awayThen Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
- 1 Samuel 4:18אֲחֹ֨רַנִּ֜ית · backwardAs soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
- 1 Kings 18:37אֲחֹרַנִּֽית׃ · back againAnswer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
- 2 Kings 20:10אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית · back“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
- 2 Kings 20:11אֲחֹֽרַנִּ֖ית · backSo Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
- Isaiah 38:8אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית · go backI will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.