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Lexicon :: Strong's G3694 - opisō

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ὀπίσω
Transliteration
opisō (Key)
Pronunciation
op-is'-o
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ὄπισθεν (G3693) with enclitic of direction
mGNT
35x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
36x in 2 unique form(s)
LXX
328x in 1 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:289,702

Strong’s Definitions

ὀπίσω opísō, op-is'-o; from the same as G3693 with enclitic of direction; to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun):—after, back(-ward), (+ get) behind, + follow.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's G3694 in the following manner: after (22x), behind (6x), back (with G1519) (with G3588) (5x), back (1x), follow (1x), backward (with G1519) (with G3588) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's G3694 in the following manner: after (22x), behind (6x), back (with G1519) (with G3588) (5x), back (1x), follow (1x), backward (with G1519) (with G3588) (1x).
  1. back, behind, after, afterwards

    1. of place: things that are behind

    2. of time: after

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀπίσω opísō, op-is'-o; from the same as G3693 with enclitic of direction; to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun):—after, back(-ward), (+ get) behind, + follow.
STRONGS G3694:
ὀπίσω ((perhaps) from ὄπις; and this from ἐπω, ἕπομαι, to follow (but cf. Vanicek, p. 530)), adverb of place and time, from Homer down; the Sept. for אַחַר, אָחור and especially for אַחֲרֵי; (at the) back, behind, after;
1. adverbially of place: ἑστάναι, Luke 7:38; ἐπιστρέψαι ὀπίσω, back, Matthew 24:18 (ὑποστρέφειν ὀπίσω, Josephus, Antiquities 6, 1, 3); τά ὀπίσω, the things that are behind, Philippians 3:13 (14); εἰς τά ὀπίσω ἀπέρχεσθαι, to go backward, Vulg.abire retrorsum, John 18:6; to return home, of those who grow recreant to Christ's teaching and cease to follow him, John 6:66; στρέφεσθαι, to turn oneself back, John 20:14; ἐπιστρέφειν, to return back to places left, Mark 13:16; Luke 17:31; ὑποστρέψαι εἰς τά ὀπίσω, tropically, of those who return to the manner of thinking and living already abandoned, 2 Peter 2:21 Lachmann; βλέπειν (Vulg. (aspicere or)respicere retro (A. V. to look back)), Luke 9:62.
2. By a usage unknown to Greek authors, as a preposition with the genitive (Winers Grammar, § 54, 6; Buttmann, § 146, 1);
a. of place: Revelation 1:10 (WH marginal reading ὄπισθεν); Revelation 12:15 (Numbers 25:8; Song of Solomon 2:9); in phrases resembling the Hebrew (cf. Winers Grammar, 30; Buttmann, as above and 172 (150)): ὀπίσω τίνος ἔρχεσθαι to follow anyone as a guide, to be his disciple or follower, Matthew 16:24; Luke 9:23; Mark 8:34 R L Tr marginal reading WH; (cf. Luke 14:27); also ἀκολουθεῖν, Mark 8:34 G T Tr text; Matthew 10:38 (see ἀκολουθέω, 2 at the end); πορεύεσθαι, to join oneself to one as an attendant and follower, Luke 21:8 (Sir. 46:10); to seek something one lusts after, 2 Peter 2:10 (cf. Winers Grammar, 594 (553); Buttmann, 184 (160)); ἀπέρχομαι ὀπίσω τίνος, to go off in order to follow one, to join one's party, Mark 1:20; John 12:19; to run after a thing which one lusts for (cf. Buttmann, as above), ἑτέρας σαρκός, Jude 1:7; δεῦτε ἐπίσω μου (see δεῦτε, 1), Matthew 4:19; Mark 1:17; ἀποστέλλειν τινα ὀπίσω τίνος, Luke 19:14; ἀφισταναι, ἀποσπᾶν, τινα ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, to draw one away to (join) his party, Acts 5:37; Acts 20:30; ἐκτρέπεσθαι, to turn out of the right path, turn aside from rectitude, 1 Timothy 5:15; by a pregnant construction, after θαυμάζειν, to wonder after i. e. to be drawn away by admiration to follow one (Buttmann, 185 (160f)), Revelation 13:3 (πᾶς λαός ἐξέστη ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, 1 Samuel 13:7); ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου (A. V. get thee behind me), out of my sight: Luke 4:8 R L brackets; Matthew 4:10 (G L brackets); Matthew 16:23; Mark 8:33.
b. of time, after: ἐρήξεσθαι ὀπίσω τίνος, to make his public appearance after (subsequently to) one, Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7; John 1:15, 27, 30 (ὀπίσω τοῦ σαββάτου, Nehemiah 13:19).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
25:8
1 Samuel
13:7
Nehemiah
13:19
Song of Songs
2:9
Matthew
3:11; 4:10; 4:19; 10:38; 16:23; 16:24; 24:18
Mark
1:7; 1:17; 1:20; 8:33; 8:34; 8:34; 13:16
Luke
4:8; 7:38; 9:23; 9:62; 14:27; 17:31; 19:14; 21:8
John
1:15; 1:27; 1:30; 6:66; 12:19; 18:6; 20:14
Acts
5:37; 20:30
Philippians
3:13
1 Timothy
5:15
2 Peter
2:10; 2:21
Jude
1:7
Revelation
1:10; 12:15; 13:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3694 matches the Greek ὀπίσω (opisō),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 -

“I baptize you with[fn] water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove[fn] his sandals. He himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 -

“Follow me,” he told them, “and I will make you fish for[fn] people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 -

“And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 -

Jesus turned and told Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns[fn] but human concerns.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 -

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 -

“and a man in the field must not go back to get his coat.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 -

He proclaimed, “One who is more powerful than I am is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 -

“Follow me,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for[fn] people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 -

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:33 -

But turning around and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! You are not thinking about God’s concerns[fn] but human concerns.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 -

Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 -

“and a man in the field must not go back to get his coat.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8 -

And Jesus answered him,[fn] “It is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 -

and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wash his feet with her tears. She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 -

Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to follow after[fn] me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily,[fn] and follow me.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 -

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 -

“Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 -

“On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 -

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 -

Then he said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 -

(John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”)

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 -

“He is the one coming after me,[fn] whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 -

“This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 -

From that moment[fn] many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 -

Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 -

When Jesus told them, “I am he,” they stepped back and fell to the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 -

Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know it was Jesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 -

“After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and attracted a following. He also perished, and all his followers were scattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 -

“Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 -

Brothers and sisters, I do not[fn] consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 -

For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 -

especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.

Bold, arrogant people! They are not afraid to slander the glorious ones;

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 -

Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions,[fn] and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 -

I was in the Spirit[fn] on the Lord’s day, and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 -

From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 -

One of its heads appeared to be fatally wounded, but its fatal wound was healed.

The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast.

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