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(1) ×חר, 'ahÌ£ar, “back side†as in the King James Version): “He led the flock to the back of the wilderness†(), i.e. “to the pasture-lands on the other side of the desert from the Midianite encampments.â€
(2) ×חור, 'aÌ„hÌ£oÌ„r, “hinder part,†“the Westâ€): Used of God in an anthropomorphic sense (“Thou shalt see my back,†) to signify “the after-glow of the Divine radiance,†the faint reflection of God's essential glory. See also and compare and .
(3) ὀÌπισθεν, oÌpisthen, “back sideâ€): “A book written within and on the back†(), “but the back of a book is not the same as the reverse side of a roll. John was struck, not only with the fact that the roll was sealed, but also with the amount of writing it contained†(HDB, I, 231). Compare .