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ὀπίσω

After

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ὀπίσω G3694
Pronunciation opísō

What does ὀπίσω (opísō) mean in the Bible?

ὀπίσω (opísō) is a Greek word meaning "after". ὀπίσω adv.

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Meaning

after
Extended definition

Spatial: behind or after; temporal: following in sequence; takes genitive as preposition in NT usage.

adv. of place and time, [in LXX chiefly for אַחַר and cogn. forms ;]

1prop., as in cl., adv.,
aof time (not in NT);
bof 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.
2By 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;
aof time, after: Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:7 Jhn.1:15, 27 1:30;
bof 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.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 3:11 · Matt 4:19 · Matt 10:38 · Matt 16:23 · Matt 16:24 · Mark 1:7 · Mark 1:17 · Mark 1:20 · Mark 8:33 · Mark 8:34 · Luke 9:23 · Luke 14:27 · Luke 19:14 · Luke 21:8 · John 1:15 · John 1:27 26×
Matt 24:18 · Mark 13:16 · Luke 7:38 · Luke 9:62 · Luke 17:31 · John 6:66 · John 18:6 · John 20:14 · Phil 3:13 9×
35 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Witnesses
Mark 1:16–20 ὀπίσω opísō
after, behind
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

δεῦτε · ὀπίσω G1205, G3694
come after me, follow me
δεῦτε · ὀπίσω · ἐγώ G1205, G3694, G1473
come after me, follow me
ἔρχομαι · ὀπίσω G2064, G3694
to come after me, follow behind me
μή · ἐπιστρέφω · ὀπίσω G3361, G1994, G3694
let him not turn back to the things behind
ὀπίσω · ἔρχομαι G3694, G2064
come after, follow behind
ὑπάγω · ὀπίσω G5217, G3694
go behind, get behind
ἀπέρχομαι · ὀπίσω G565, G3694
go away backward, turn back
ἀπέρχομαι · ὀπίσω · πίπτω G565, G3694, G4098
went backward and fell
βλέπω · ὀπίσω G991, G3694
looking toward the things behind
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship Mark 1 — The Beginning of the Gospel: The Servant-King Appears with Authority Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 4 — The Tested Son, the Kingdom Proclaimed, and the First Disciples Called

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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