Help QuickNav Adv. Options
MGNT

MGNT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G3694 - opisō

Choose a new font size and typeface
ὀπίσω
Transliteration
opisō (Key)
Pronunciation
op-is'-o
Listen
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 ἡ 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 ὁ 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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 35 times in 35 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 - ἐγὼ μὲν ὑμᾶς βαπτίζω ἐν ὕδατι εἰς μετάνοιαν ὁ δὲ ὀπίσω G3694 μου ἐρχόμενος ἰσχυρότερός μού ἐστιν οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς τὰ ὑποδήματα βαστάσαι αὐτὸς ὑμᾶς βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς δεῦτε ὀπίσω G3694 μου καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - καὶ ὃς οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ ὀπίσω G3694 μου οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - ὁ δὲ στραφεὶς εἶπεν τῷ Πέτρῳ ὕπαγε ὀπίσω G3694 μου Σατανᾶ σκάνδαλον εἶ ἐμοῦ ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 - τότε ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω G3694 μου ἐλθεῖν ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω ὀπίσω G3694 ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - καὶ ἐκήρυσσεν λέγων ἔρχεται ὁ ἰσχυρότερός μου ὀπίσω G3694 μου οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς κύψας λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς δεῦτε ὀπίσω G3694 μου καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς γενέσθαι ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - καὶ εὐθὺς ἐκάλεσεν αὐτούς καὶ ἀφέντες τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν Ζεβεδαῖον ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ μετὰ τῶν μισθωτῶν ἀπῆλθον ὀπίσω G3694 αὐτοῦ

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:33 - ὁ δὲ ἐπιστραφεὶς καὶ ἰδὼν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἐπετίμησεν Πέτρῳ καὶ λέγει ὕπαγε ὀπίσω G3694 μου Σατανᾶ ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 - καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν ὄχλον σὺν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω G3694 μου ἀκολουθεῖν ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - καὶ ὁ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω G3694 ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - καὶ στᾶσα ὀπίσω G3694 παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ κλαίουσα τοῖς δάκρυσιν ἤρξατο βρέχειν τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ταῖς θριξὶν τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτῆς ἐξέμασσεν καὶ κατεφίλει τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤλειφεν τῷ μύρῳ

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς πάντας εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω G3694 μου ἔρχεσθαι ἀρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:62

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς οὐδεὶς ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα ἐπ᾽ ἄροτρον καὶ βλέπων εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω G3694 εὔθετός ἐστιν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - ὅστις οὐ βαστάζει τὸν σταυρὸν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἔρχεται ὀπίσω G3694 μου οὐ δύναται εἶναί μου μαθητής

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὃς ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος καὶ τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι αὐτά καὶ ὁ ἐν ἀγρῷ ὁμοίως μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω G3694

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - οἱ δὲ πολῖται αὐτοῦ ἐμίσουν αὐτόν καὶ ἀπέστειλαν πρεσβείαν ὀπίσω G3694 αὐτοῦ λέγοντες οὐ θέλομεν τοῦτον βασιλεῦσαι ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - ὁ δὲ εἶπεν βλέπετε μὴ πλανηθῆτε πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες ἐγώ εἰμι καί ὁ καιρὸς ἤγγικεν μὴ πορευθῆτε ὀπίσω G3694 αὐτῶν

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - Ἰωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγεν λέγων οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον ὁ ὀπίσω G3694 μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - ὁ ὀπίσω G3694 μου ἐρχόμενος οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ἄξιος ἵνα λύσω αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - οὗτός ἐστιν ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον ὀπίσω G3694 μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:66

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 - ἐκ τούτου πολλοὶ ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω G3694 καὶ οὐκέτι μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ περιεπάτουν

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - οἱ οὖν Φαρισαῖοι εἶπαν πρὸς ἑαυτούς θεωρεῖτε ὅτι οὐκ ὠφελεῖτε οὐδέν ἴδε ὁ κόσμος ὀπίσω G3694 αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 - ὡς οὖν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἐγώ εἰμι ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω G3694 καὶ ἔπεσαν χαμαί

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - ταῦτα εἰποῦσα ἐστράφη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω G3694 καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἑστῶτα καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - μετὰ τοῦτον ἀνέστη Ἰούδας ὁ Γαλιλαῖος ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῆς ἀπογραφῆς καὶ ἀπέστησεν λαὸν ὀπίσω G3694 αὐτοῦ κἀκεῖνος ἀπώλετο καὶ πάντες ὅσοι ἐπείθοντο αὐτῷ διεσκορπίσθησαν

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - καὶ ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἀναστήσονται ἄνδρες λαλοῦντες διεστραμμένα τοῦ ἀποσπᾶν τοὺς μαθητὰς ὀπίσω G3694 αὐτῶν

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - ἀδελφοί ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν οὐ λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι ἓν δέ τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω G3694 ἐπιλανθανόμενος τοῖς δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεκτεινόμενος

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 - ἤδη γάρ τινες ἐξετράπησαν ὀπίσω G3694 τοῦ Σατανᾶ

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - μάλιστα δὲ τοὺς ὀπίσω G3694 σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ μιασμοῦ πορευομένους καὶ κυριότητος καταφρονοῦντας τολμηταί αὐθάδεις δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν βλασφημοῦντες

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - ὡς Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα καὶ αἱ περὶ αὐτὰς πόλεις τὸν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ἐκπορνεύσασαι καὶ ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω G3694 σαρκὸς ἑτέρας πρόκεινται δεῖγμα πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 - ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι ἐν τῇ κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἤκουσα ὀπίσω G3694 μου φωνὴν μεγάλην ὡς σάλπιγγος

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - καὶ ἔβαλεν ὁ ὄφις ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ ὀπίσω G3694 τῆς γυναικὸς ὕδωρ ὡς ποταμόν ἵνα αὐτὴν ποταμοφόρητον ποιήσῃ

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - καὶ μίαν ἐκ τῶν κεφαλῶν αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐσφαγμένην εἰς θάνατον καὶ ἡ πληγὴ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτοῦ ἐθεραπεύθη καὶ ἐθαυμάσθη ὅλη ἡ γῆ ὀπίσω G3694 τοῦ θηρίου
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
MGNT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
MGNT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan