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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 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 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after G3694 me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - And he saith unto them, Follow G3694 me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after G3694 me, is not worthy of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind G3694 me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 - Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after G3694 me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - Neither let him which is in the field return back G3694 to take his clothes.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after G3694 me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after G3694 me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after G3694 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:33 - But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind G3694 me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 - And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after G3694 me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - And let him that is in the field not turn back G3694 again for to take up his garment.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8 - And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind G3694 me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - And stood at his feet behind G3694 him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - And he said to them all, If any man will come after G3694 me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, G3694 is fit for the kingdom of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after G3694 me, cannot be my disciple.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. G3694
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after G3694 him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after G3694 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after G3694 me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - He it is, who coming after G3694 me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - This is he of whom I said, After G3694 me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 - From that time many of his disciples went back, G3694 and walked no more with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after G3694 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 - As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, G3694 and fell to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, G3694 and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after G3694 him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after G3694 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, G3694 and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 - For some are already turned aside after G3694 Satan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - But chiefly them that walk after G3694 the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after G3694 strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 - I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind G3694 me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after G3694 the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after G3694 the beast.
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