Strong G3693ὄπισθεν
after
- Transliteration
- opisthen
- Pronunciation
- op'-is-then
- Morphology
- Greek Preposition
Definition
From ὄπις opis (regard; from G3700) with enclitic of source;
from the rear (as a secure aspect) that is at the back (adverb and preposition of palce or time): - after backside behind.
from the rear (as a secure aspect) that is at the back (adverb and preposition of palce or time): - after backside behind.
Detailed definition
ὄπισθεν
adv. of place, [in LXX chiefly for אָחוֹר, אַחַר;]
behind, after: Mat.9:20, Mrk.5:27, Luk.8:44, Rev.4:6 5:1. As prep. with genitive: Mat.15:23, Luk.23:26, Rev.1:10 (WH, mg.).†
(AS)
adv. of place, [in LXX chiefly for אָחוֹר, אַחַר;]
behind, after: Mat.9:20, Mrk.5:27, Luk.8:44, Rev.4:6 5:1. As prep. with genitive: Mat.15:23, Luk.23:26, Rev.1:10 (WH, mg.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3693 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- behind4
- after2
- backside1
First verses
- Matthew 9:20And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
- Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
- Mark 5:27When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
- Luke 8:44Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
- Luke 23:26And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
- Revelation 4:6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
- Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄπισθεν,
in Ionic dialect [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72, +others, “SIG” 46.65 (Halic., 5th c.BC), etc.))] and late Attic dialect [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 16, etc.))] ὄπισθε before a consonant, as also in Poets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 545, “IT” 1333)]: poetry also ὄπῐθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.181, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).35, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1001 (Lyric poetry))]:— adverb:
I of Place, behind, at the back, opposed to πρόσθε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.595; πρόσθε λέων ὄπιθεν δὲ δράκων μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα 6.181; ὄπισθεν καταλιπεῖν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.209; μένειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.332, etc.; πέμψει οὖρον ὄ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.34)]; ὄπιθεν κομόωντες with long back-hair, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.542; ὄπιθεν κομόωσαι ἔθειραι “IG” 12(9).1179.9 (from Euboea))]; ὄ. ἕπεσθαι, ἀκολουθεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)] [same place], etc.; οἱ ὄπιθεν those who are left behind, e.g. at home, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.66)]; but also, those who are in the rear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.8)]; εἰ τοὺς ὄ. ἐς τὸ πρόσθεν ἄξομεν shall bring the rear ranks to the front (metaphorically), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1249)]; αἱ ὄ. ἁψῖδες the hinder fellies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72)]; τὰ ὄ. the hinder parts, rear, back, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.613; οἱ ὄ. ἁρμοί “IG” 12.372.117; εἰς τοὔπισθεν)]back, backwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1410, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 261b, etc.)]; εἰς τ. τοξεύειν, i. e. 'versis sagittis', like the Parthians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.10: opposed to ἐκ τοὔπισθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 482, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.79, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.6; ἐν τῷ ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.8, etc.)]; ὄ. ποιήσασθαι τὸν ποταμόν place the river in his rear, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.10.9.)]
I.2 preposition with genitive, behind, στῆ δ᾽ ὄπιθεν δίφροιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.468; ὄπισθε μάχης 13.536; ὄπισθε τῆς θύρης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9; ἔμπροσθέ τε Θερμοπυλέων καὶ ὄ. [prev. author] 7.176; ὄ. ἐμοῦ.. εἰσῄει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175a, etc.)]: sometimes after its case, δίφρου ὄπισθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.15)]; ἴμεν φάμας ὄπισθεν follow the voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.63; γνώμης πατρῴας πάντ᾽ ὄ. ἑστάναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 640; also τούτοισι δ᾽ ὄ. ἴτω 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 30; πνοιαῖς ὄπιθεν Βορέα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.31 (assuming variant).)]
II of Time, after, in future, hereafter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.362, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.270, 18.168, etc.)]; either of a thing absolutely future, or of one which follows something else, opposed to αὐτίκα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.519; ὄπιθεν οὐ πολλόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).35; πολλοῖς μησὶν ὄ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 22.8; compare ὀπίσω 11.1.)]
II.2 ἐν τοῖσι ὄ. λόγοισι in the books yet to come, in the following books, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.22, 7.213; compare ὀπίσω 11.2)]: but, in Grammars, of what has gone before, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.366, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {Ἴωνες}, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1488)]; ὁ ὄπιθεν χρόνος the earlier time, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PMasp.” 158.22 (6th c.AD):)] —for _comparative_ ὀπίστερος, _superlative_ ὀπίστατος, (see entry). (Prob. from *ὄπις 'back', contained in ἀνόπιν, κατόπιν, μετόπιν, ὀπίσω.)
in Ionic dialect [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72, +others, “SIG” 46.65 (Halic., 5th c.BC), etc.))] and late Attic dialect [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 16, etc.))] ὄπισθε before a consonant, as also in Poets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 545, “IT” 1333)]: poetry also ὄπῐθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.181, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).35, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1001 (Lyric poetry))]:— adverb:
I of Place, behind, at the back, opposed to πρόσθε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.595; πρόσθε λέων ὄπιθεν δὲ δράκων μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα 6.181; ὄπισθεν καταλιπεῖν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.209; μένειν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.332, etc.; πέμψει οὖρον ὄ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.34)]; ὄπιθεν κομόωντες with long back-hair, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.542; ὄπιθεν κομόωσαι ἔθειραι “IG” 12(9).1179.9 (from Euboea))]; ὄ. ἕπεσθαι, ἀκολουθεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)] [same place], etc.; οἱ ὄπιθεν those who are left behind, e.g. at home, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.66)]; but also, those who are in the rear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.8)]; εἰ τοὺς ὄ. ἐς τὸ πρόσθεν ἄξομεν shall bring the rear ranks to the front (metaphorically), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1249)]; αἱ ὄ. ἁψῖδες the hinder fellies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72)]; τὰ ὄ. the hinder parts, rear, back, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.613; οἱ ὄ. ἁρμοί “IG” 12.372.117; εἰς τοὔπισθεν)]back, backwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1410, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 261b, etc.)]; εἰς τ. τοξεύειν, i. e. 'versis sagittis', like the Parthians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.10: opposed to ἐκ τοὔπισθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 482, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.79, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.6; ἐν τῷ ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 614c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.8, etc.)]; ὄ. ποιήσασθαι τὸν ποταμόν place the river in his rear, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.10.9.)]
I.2 preposition with genitive, behind, στῆ δ᾽ ὄπιθεν δίφροιο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.468; ὄπισθε μάχης 13.536; ὄπισθε τῆς θύρης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9; ἔμπροσθέ τε Θερμοπυλέων καὶ ὄ. [prev. author] 7.176; ὄ. ἐμοῦ.. εἰσῄει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175a, etc.)]: sometimes after its case, δίφρου ὄπισθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.15)]; ἴμεν φάμας ὄπισθεν follow the voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.63; γνώμης πατρῴας πάντ᾽ ὄ. ἑστάναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 640; also τούτοισι δ᾽ ὄ. ἴτω 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 30; πνοιαῖς ὄπιθεν Βορέα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.31 (assuming variant).)]
II of Time, after, in future, hereafter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.362, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.270, 18.168, etc.)]; either of a thing absolutely future, or of one which follows something else, opposed to αὐτίκα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.519; ὄπιθεν οὐ πολλόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).35; πολλοῖς μησὶν ὄ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 22.8; compare ὀπίσω 11.1.)]
II.2 ἐν τοῖσι ὄ. λόγοισι in the books yet to come, in the following books, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.22, 7.213; compare ὀπίσω 11.2)]: but, in Grammars, of what has gone before, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.366, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {Ἴωνες}, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1488)]; ὁ ὄπιθεν χρόνος the earlier time, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PMasp.” 158.22 (6th c.AD):)] —for _comparative_ ὀπίστερος, _superlative_ ὀπίστατος, (see entry). (Prob. from *ὄπις 'back', contained in ἀνόπιν, κατόπιν, μετόπιν, ὀπίσω.)