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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)
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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.
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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 35 times in 35 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 - “I baptize you with[fn] water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[fn] the Holy Spirit and fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:33 - But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 - Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:62

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:66

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 - From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 - When Jesus said, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 - Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh[fn] and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 - On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.
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