אָחַר (ʾāḥar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning to remain behind. It appears
17 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H309).
Also rendered
to delay
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 68)
Range of meaning (TWOT 68)to remain behind, delay, tarry; cause one to delay, hinder, keep back, bring late; loiter, procrastinate; continue, defer, be late, stay, tarry longer
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אָחַרverb: to remain behind, delay, tarry
Piel
1.intensive, delay, tarry
2.cause one to delay, hinder; keep back (= bring late)
Strong's H309אָחַר: to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate KJV:continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
Strong's H3186יָחַר: to delay KJV:tarry longer.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.