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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).
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 328 times in 302 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 8:8–Deu 31:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:6 - And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:26 - But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 - And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19 - And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 - And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4 - And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:10 - And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:23 - And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:28 - And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:23 - And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:15 - Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:16 - And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:23 - The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:39 - And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:3 - Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:14 - Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:19 - And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:4 - Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14 - And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

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