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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).
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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 immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Ruach HaKodesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - But he turned, and said to Rock, "Get behind me, Hasatan! You are a stumbling-block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 - Then Yeshua said to his talmidim, "If anyone desires to 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 - Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - He preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - Yeshua said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zavdai, 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 around, and seeing his talmidim, rebuked Rock, and said, "Get behind me, Hasatan! For you have in mind 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 - He called the multitude to himself with his talmidim, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - Let him who 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 - Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:62

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - But Yeshua said to him, "No one, 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 - Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my talmid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I AM,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - Yochanan testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for 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, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:66

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - The Perushim therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 - When therefore he said to them, "I AM," 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 said this, she turned around and saw Yeshua standing, and didn't know that it was Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - After this man, Yehudah of the Galil rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some 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 - Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the talmidim after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken 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 have turned aside after Hasatan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - Even as Sedom and `Amorah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality 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 loud voice, like a shofar

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like 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 - One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole eretz marveled at the beast.
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