יָחַר (yāḥar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning to remain behind. It appears
1 time
in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3186).
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.