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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 36 times in 36 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - et ait illis venite post me et faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - et qui non accipit crucem suam et sequitur me non est me dignus

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - qui conversus dixit Petro vade post me Satana scandalum es mihi quia non sapis ea quae Dei sunt sed ea quae hominum

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 - tunc Iesus dixit discipulis suis si quis vult post me venire abneget semet ipsum et tollat crucem suam et sequatur me

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - et qui in agro non revertatur tollere tunicam suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - et praedicabat dicens venit fortior me post me cuius non sum dignus procumbens solvere corrigiam calciamentorum eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - et dixit eis Iesus venite post me et faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - et statim vocavit illos et relicto patre suo Zebedaeo in navi cum mercennariis secuti sunt eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:33 - qui conversus et videns discipulos suos comminatus est Petro dicens vade retro me Satana quoniam non sapis quae Dei sunt sed quae sunt hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 - et convocata turba cum discipulis suis dixit eis si quis vult post me sequi deneget se ipsum et tollat crucem suam et sequatur me

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - et qui in agro erit non revertatur retro tollere vestimentum suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8 - et respondens Iesus dixit illi scriptum est Dominum Deum tuum adorabis et illi soli servies

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - et stans retro secus pedes eius lacrimis coepit rigare pedes eius et capillis capitis sui tergebat et osculabatur pedes eius et unguento unguebat

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - dicebat autem ad omnes si quis vult post me venire abneget se ipsum et tollat crucem suam cotidie et sequatur me

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - ait ad illum Iesus nemo mittens manum suam in aratrum et aspiciens retro aptus est regno Dei

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - et qui non baiulat crucem suam et venit post me non potest esse meus discipulus

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - in illa hora qui fuerit in tecto et vasa eius in domo ne descendat tollere illa et qui in agro similiter non redeat retro

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - cives autem eius oderant illum et miserunt legationem post illum dicentes nolumus hunc regnare super nos

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - qui dixit videte ne seducamini multi enim venient in nomine meo dicentes quia ego sum et tempus adpropinquavit nolite ergo ire post illos

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - Iohannes testimonium perhibet de ipso et clamat dicens hic erat quem dixi vobis qui post me venturus est ante me factus est quia prior me erat

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - ipse est qui post me venturus est qui ante me factus est cuius ego non sum dignus ut solvam eius corrigiam calciamenti

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - hic est de quo dixi post me venit vir qui ante me factus est quia prior me erat

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 - [Vulgate 6:67] ex hoc multi discipulorum eius abierunt retro et iam non cum illo ambulabant

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - Pharisaei ergo dixerunt ad semet ipsos videtis quia nihil proficimus ecce mundus totus post eum abiit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 - ut ergo dixit eis ego sum abierunt retrorsum et ceciderunt in terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - haec cum dixisset conversa est retrorsum et videt Iesum stantem et non sciebat quia Iesus est

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - post hunc extitit Iudas Galilaeus in diebus professionis et avertit populum post se et ipse periit et omnes quotquot consenserunt ei dispersi sunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - et ex vobis ipsis exsurgent viri loquentes perversa ut abducant discipulos post se

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - fratres ego me non arbitror conprehendisse unum autem quae quidem retro sunt obliviscens ad ea vero quae sunt in priora extendens me

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 - iam enim quaedam conversae sunt retro Satanan

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - magis autem eos qui post carnem in concupiscentia inmunditiae ambulant dominationemque contemnunt audaces sibi placentes sectas non metuunt blasphemantes

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - sicut Sodoma et Gomorra et finitimae civitates simili modo exfornicatae et abeuntes post carnem alteram factae sunt exemplum ignis aeterni poenam sustinentes

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 - fui in spiritu in dominica die et audivi post me vocem magnam tamquam tubae

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - et misit serpens ex ore suo post mulierem aquam tamquam flumen ut eam faceret trahi a flumine

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - et unum de capitibus suis quasi occisum in mortem et plaga mortis eius curata est et admirata est universa terra post bestiam
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