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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 baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am - I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - He said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - And whoever does not take up his cross and follow 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 to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - He proclaimed, "One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - Immediately 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 after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 - Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - The one in the field must not turn back to get his 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. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:62

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - Whoever does not carry his own 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, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must 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 a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - He said, "Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, '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 about him and shouted out, "This one was the one about whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:66

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 - After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - Thus the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 - So when Jesus said to them, "I am he," they retreated 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 Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away 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 to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 - For some have already wandered away to follow Satan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by 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 when 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 the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - One of the beast's heads appeared to have been killed, but the lethal wound had been healed. And the whole world followed the beast in amazement;
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