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אֲחֹרַנִּית H322
H322 is the Hebrew word אֲחֹרַנִּית, transliterated ʼăchôrannîyth and said akh-o-ran-neeth'. The King James Version most often renders it backward.
What it means
backwards.
Where it comes from
prolonged from H268 (אָחוֹר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 7 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: back (-ward, again).
Verses using אֲחֹרַנִּית
All 6 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 9:23 · KJV
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
1 Samuel 4:18 · KJV
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
1 Kings 18:37 · KJV
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
2 Kings 20:10 · KJV
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
2 Kings 20:11 · KJV
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
Isaiah 38:8 · KJV
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Common questions
What does Strong's H322 mean?
H322 is the Hebrew word אֲחֹרַנִּית (ʼăchôrannîyth), meaning backwards.
How is H322 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it backward (6 times), again (1 time).
How many times does H322 appear in the Bible?
אֲחֹרַנִּית (ʼăchôrannîyth) is tagged in 6 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H322 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: prolonged from H268 (אָחוֹר).
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