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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)
Dictionary Aids

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).
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 35 times in 35 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 - “As for me, I baptize you [fn]with water for repentance, but He who is coming after G3694 me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you [fn]with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - And He *said to them, [fn]Follow G3694 Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:38 - “And he who does not take his cross and follow after G3694 Me is not worthy of Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind G3694 Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on [fn]God’s interests, but man’s.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:24 - Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after G3694 Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - [fn]Whoever is in the field must not turn back G3694 to get his cloak.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And he was [fn]preaching, and saying, “After G3694 me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - And Jesus said to them, “Follow G3694 Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:20 - Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away [fn]to follow G3694 Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:33 - But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind G3694 Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on [fn]God’s interests, but man’s.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 - And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after G3694 Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - and the one who is in the field must not turn back G3694 to get his coat.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - and standing behind G3694 Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after G3694 Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, G3694 is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after G3694 Me cannot be My disciple.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - “On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back. G3694
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:14 - “But his citizens hated him and sent [fn]a delegation after G3694 him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - And He said, “See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not go after G3694 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after G3694 me [fn]has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - It is He who comes after G3694 me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - “This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘After G3694 me comes a Man who [fn]has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 - As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew G3694 and were not walking with Him anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after G3694 Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 - So when He said to them, “I am He, they drew back G3694 and fell to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - When she had said this, she turned around G3694 and *saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - “After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census and drew away some people after G3694 him; he too perished, and all those who [fn]followed him were scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after G3694 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind G3694 and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 - for some have already turned aside to follow G3694 Satan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - and especially those who [fn]indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic [fn]majesties,
Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:7 - just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after G3694 [fn]strange flesh, are exhibited as an [fn]example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 - I was [fn]in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind G3694 me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - And the serpent [fn]poured water like a river out of his mouth after G3694 the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - I saw one of his heads as if it had been [fn]slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after G3694 the beast;
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