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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 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 baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:19 - Then He said to them, “Follow 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 he who does not take 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 - But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of 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 Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny 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 let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:17 - Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you 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 they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:33 - But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:34 - When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:16 - “And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8 - And Jesus answered and said to him, “Get behind Me, Satan![fn] For[fn] it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:23 - Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily,[fn] and follow Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:62

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:62 - But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:27 - “And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - “In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him 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 will not have this man to reign over us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:8 - And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ Therefore[fn] do not go after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:15 - John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - “It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:30 - “This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:66

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:66 - From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:6 - Now when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:14 - Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:37 - “After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census, and drew away many people after him. He also perished, and all who obeyed him were dispersed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - “Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:13 - Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:15 - For some have already turned aside after Satan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,

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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 a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance 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, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:15 - So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.
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