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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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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).
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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 indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 - Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:33 - But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 - And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:62

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:66

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 - Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing; lo, the world is gone after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 - When therefore he said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - When she had thus said, she turned herself back, and beholdeth Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enrolment, and drew away some of the people after him: he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 - for already some are turned aside after Satan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 - I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - And I saw one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;
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