Strong G3694ὀπίσω
after
- Transliteration
- opisō
- Pronunciation
- op-is'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
From the same as G3693 with enclitic of direction;
to the back that is aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun): - after back (-ward) (+ get) behind + follow.
to the back that is aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun): - after back (-ward) (+ get) behind + follow.
Detailed definition
ὀπίσω
adv.
of place and time,
[in LXX chiefly for אַחַר and cogn. forms;]
1. prop., as in cl., adv.,
__(a) of time (not in NT);
__(b) of place, back, behind, after: Mat.24:18, Luk.7:38; τὰ ὀ., Php.3:13; εἰς τὰ ὀ., Mrk.13:16, Luk.9:62 17:31, Jhn.6:66 18:6 20:14.
2. By a usage not found in cl., and in LXX representing the Heb. prep. אַחַר (Bl., § 40, 8; Thackeray, Gr., 46 f.), but also prob. general in vernacular (M, Pr., 99), as prep. with genitive;
__(a) of time, after: Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:7 Jhn.1:15, 27 1:30;
__(b) of place, behind, after: Mat.4:19 10:38 16:23-24, Mrk.1:17, 20 8:33-34, Luk.9:33 14:27 19:14 21:8, 2Pe 2;10, Ju 7, Rev.1:10 12:15; in constr. praegn. (see Swete on Re, l.with), Jhn.12:19, Act.5:17 20:30, 1Ti.5:15, Rev.13:3.†
(AS)
adv.
of place and time,
[in LXX chiefly for אַחַר and cogn. forms;]
1. prop., as in cl., adv.,
__(a) of time (not in NT);
__(b) of place, back, behind, after: Mat.24:18, Luk.7:38; τὰ ὀ., Php.3:13; εἰς τὰ ὀ., Mrk.13:16, Luk.9:62 17:31, Jhn.6:66 18:6 20:14.
2. By a usage not found in cl., and in LXX representing the Heb. prep. אַחַר (Bl., § 40, 8; Thackeray, Gr., 46 f.), but also prob. general in vernacular (M, Pr., 99), as prep. with genitive;
__(a) of time, after: Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:7 Jhn.1:15, 27 1:30;
__(b) of place, behind, after: Mat.4:19 10:38 16:23-24, Mrk.1:17, 20 8:33-34, Luk.9:33 14:27 19:14 21:8, 2Pe 2;10, Ju 7, Rev.1:10 12:15; in constr. praegn. (see Swete on Re, l.with), Jhn.12:19, Act.5:17 20:30, 1Ti.5:15, Rev.13:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3694 appears in 36 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- after22
- behind6
- back5
- backward1
First verses
- Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- Matthew 4:19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
- Matthew 10:38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
- Matthew 16:23But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
- Matthew 16:24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
- Matthew 24:18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
- Mark 1:7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
- Mark 1:17And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
- Mark 1:20And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
- Mark 8:33But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
- Mark 8:34And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
- Mark 13:16And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
- Luke 4:8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Luke 7:38And stood at his feet behind 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.
- Luke 9:23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
- Luke 9:62And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
- Luke 14:27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
- Luke 17:31In 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.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
- Luke 21:8And 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 them.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀπίσω [ῐ],
Epic dialect ὀπίσσω, the former rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and only in signification 1)]; Aeolic dialect ὐπίσσω [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 8.9)]:— adverb:
I of Place, backwards, opposed to to πρόσω, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.272)]; to προπρηνές,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.218; ἀνεχάζετο τυτθὸν ὀπίσσω 5.443; ἀ. πολλὸν ὀ. 16.710; πάλιν εἶσιν ὀπίσσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.149: in Prose also, τὸ ὀπίσω,)] contraction τοὐπίσω, τὸ ὀ. φεύγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207, compare 8.108; ἄναγε εἰς τοὐπίσω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528a, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 106, etc.; [γνάμ]φθη δ᾽ ὀπίσσω [φάσγα]νον 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.53)]; τὰ ὀ. the hinder parts, [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Joel.2.20; τοῦ προπύλου τὸ ὀ. μέρος “SIG” 756.17 (Athens, 1st c.BC); τὴν ὀ. τοῦ προπύλου στέγην [prev. work]12; ἐκ τοῦ ὀ.)] on the back (of the papyrus), [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1002.16 (1st c.BC))]; τἀπίλοιπα ὀ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 58.37 (2nd c.BC).)]
I.2 back, back again, of movement, ἀπήνυσαν οἴκαδ᾽ ὀπίσσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.326; ὀπίσω πάλιν οἴκαδε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.62; ἂψ ὀ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.74; ἀπίκοντο ὀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.62; ὀ. πορευόμενοι [prev. work] 75; ὀ. ἀναπλῶσαι [prev. work] 78)]; ἐν τῇ ὀ. κομιδῇ on his way back, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.120, compare 1.111, etc.)]
I.3 back again, again, of action that reverses an action or occurrence, ἀνακτᾶσθαι ὀ. τὴν τυραννίδα [Refs ([prev. work] 61, compare 68, 2.14; ἀποδόντες ὀ. [prev. author] 5.92.γ᾽)]; σφραγίζεις λύεις τ᾽ ὀπίσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 38 (_anapaest meter_).)]
I.4 with genitive, δεῦτε ὀ. μου come after me, follow me, [NT (NT.Matt.4.19.)]
II of Time, hereafter, since the future is unseen and was therefore regarded as behind us, whereas the past is known and therefore before our eyes, ἡμῖν τεκέεσσί τ᾽ ὀπίσσω πῆμα λίποιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.160)]; Τρῳαὶ δέ μ᾽ ὀπίσσω πᾶσαι μωμήσονται[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 411, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 741, “Th.” 488; ἔς περ ὀπίσσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.199 (εἰσοπίσω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1104 (Lyric poetry)); opposed to to νῦν, τούτῳ δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἂρ νῦν φρένες ἔμπεδοι [εἰσίν], οὔτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὀπίσσω ἔσσονται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.352; to προπάροιθε, σεῖο δ᾽, Ἀχιλλεῦ, οὔ τις ἀνὴρ προπάροιθε [ἦν] μακάρτατος, οὔτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὀπίσσω [ἔσσεται] 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.483)]; where ὀπίσσω and πρόσσω are opposed, πρόσσω must be the past and ὀπίσσω the future, οἶδε νοῆσαι ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.343; ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀ. λεύσσει 3.109; ὅρα πρόσσω καὶ ὀ. 18.250, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.452; so ὅσα τ᾽ ἦν ὅσα τ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὅσα τ᾽ ἔσται ὀπίσσω 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 21.9 (cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1000a30))]; οὔτ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ὁρῶν οὔτ᾽ ὀπίσω neither present nor future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 488 (Lyric poetry); τοὐπίσω σκοπεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 49; θνητὸς πεφυκὼς τοὐπίσω πειρῶ βλέπειν Isidorus Tragicus 2; compare ὄπισθεν 11.1.)]
II.2 ἐν τοῖσι ὀ. λόγοις in the books yet to come, in the following books, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; compare ὄπισθεν 11.2.)]
Epic dialect ὀπίσσω, the former rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and only in signification 1)]; Aeolic dialect ὐπίσσω [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 8.9)]:— adverb:
I of Place, backwards, opposed to to πρόσω, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.272)]; to προπρηνές,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.218; ἀνεχάζετο τυτθὸν ὀπίσσω 5.443; ἀ. πολλὸν ὀ. 16.710; πάλιν εἶσιν ὀπίσσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.149: in Prose also, τὸ ὀπίσω,)] contraction τοὐπίσω, τὸ ὀ. φεύγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207, compare 8.108; ἄναγε εἰς τοὐπίσω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528a, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 106, etc.; [γνάμ]φθη δ᾽ ὀπίσσω [φάσγα]νον 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.53)]; τὰ ὀ. the hinder parts, [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Joel.2.20; τοῦ προπύλου τὸ ὀ. μέρος “SIG” 756.17 (Athens, 1st c.BC); τὴν ὀ. τοῦ προπύλου στέγην [prev. work]12; ἐκ τοῦ ὀ.)] on the back (of the papyrus), [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1002.16 (1st c.BC))]; τἀπίλοιπα ὀ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 58.37 (2nd c.BC).)]
I.2 back, back again, of movement, ἀπήνυσαν οἴκαδ᾽ ὀπίσσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.326; ὀπίσω πάλιν οἴκαδε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.62; ἂψ ὀ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.74; ἀπίκοντο ὀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.62; ὀ. πορευόμενοι [prev. work] 75; ὀ. ἀναπλῶσαι [prev. work] 78)]; ἐν τῇ ὀ. κομιδῇ on his way back, [Refs ([prev. author] 8.120, compare 1.111, etc.)]
I.3 back again, again, of action that reverses an action or occurrence, ἀνακτᾶσθαι ὀ. τὴν τυραννίδα [Refs ([prev. work] 61, compare 68, 2.14; ἀποδόντες ὀ. [prev. author] 5.92.γ᾽)]; σφραγίζεις λύεις τ᾽ ὀπίσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 38 (_anapaest meter_).)]
I.4 with genitive, δεῦτε ὀ. μου come after me, follow me, [NT (NT.Matt.4.19.)]
II of Time, hereafter, since the future is unseen and was therefore regarded as behind us, whereas the past is known and therefore before our eyes, ἡμῖν τεκέεσσί τ᾽ ὀπίσσω πῆμα λίποιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.160)]; Τρῳαὶ δέ μ᾽ ὀπίσσω πᾶσαι μωμήσονται[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 411, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 741, “Th.” 488; ἔς περ ὀπίσσω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.199 (εἰσοπίσω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1104 (Lyric poetry)); opposed to to νῦν, τούτῳ δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἂρ νῦν φρένες ἔμπεδοι [εἰσίν], οὔτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὀπίσσω ἔσσονται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.352; to προπάροιθε, σεῖο δ᾽, Ἀχιλλεῦ, οὔ τις ἀνὴρ προπάροιθε [ἦν] μακάρτατος, οὔτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὀπίσσω [ἔσσεται] 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.483)]; where ὀπίσσω and πρόσσω are opposed, πρόσσω must be the past and ὀπίσσω the future, οἶδε νοῆσαι ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.343; ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀ. λεύσσει 3.109; ὅρα πρόσσω καὶ ὀ. 18.250, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.452; so ὅσα τ᾽ ἦν ὅσα τ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὅσα τ᾽ ἔσται ὀπίσσω 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 21.9 (cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1000a30))]; οὔτ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ὁρῶν οὔτ᾽ ὀπίσω neither present nor future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 488 (Lyric poetry); τοὐπίσω σκοπεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 49; θνητὸς πεφυκὼς τοὐπίσω πειρῶ βλέπειν Isidorus Tragicus 2; compare ὄπισθεν 11.1.)]
II.2 ἐν τοῖσι ὀ. λόγοις in the books yet to come, in the following books, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; compare ὄπισθεν 11.2.)]