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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 36 times in 36 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 - 'I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - and he saith to 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 whoever doth not receive 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 - and he having turned, said to Peter, 'Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind 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 to his disciples, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown 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 he in the field -- let him not turn back to take his garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - and he proclaimed, saying, 'He doth come -- who is mightier than I -- after me, of whom I am not worthy -- having stooped down -- to loose the latchet of his sandals;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - and Jesus said to them, 'Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:33 - and he, having turned, and having looked on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, 'Get behind me, Adversary, because thou dost not mind 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 having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8 - And Jesus answering him said, 'Get thee behind me, Adversary, for it hath been written, Thou shalt bow before the Lord thy God, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing 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 one doth will to come after me, let him disown 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 - and Jesus said unto him, 'No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - And he said, 'See -- ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying -- I am he, and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:66

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 - From this time many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, 'Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go 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 he,' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - and these things having said, she turned backward, and seeth Jesus standing, and she had not known that it is Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - 'After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrollment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - and of your own selves there shall arise men, 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 do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing -- the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 - for already certain did turn aside after the Adversary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before -- an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

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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, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - And I saw one of its heads as slain to death, and its deadly stroke was healed, and all the earth did wonder after the beast,
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