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GreekG3694Adverb

ὀπίσω

opisō

37Occurrences
G3694Strong's #
AdverbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun)

from the same as G3693 (ὄπισθεν) with enclitic of direction;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
adv. of place and time
1.prop., as in cl., adv.
(a)of time (not in NT)
(b)of place, back, behind, after
2.By a usage not found in cl., and in LXX representing the Heb. prep. אַחַר, but also prob. general in vernacular, as prep. with genitive
(a)of time, after
(b)of place, behind, after
LXX: chiefly for אַחַר and cogn. forms

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adverb

Morphology Code

G:ADV

Full Description

Greek Adverb

Occurrences

ὀπίσω appears 37 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
8
John
7
Matthew
7
Mark
6
Revelation
3
Acts
2
1 Timothy
1
2 Peter
1

Key Passages

1 Timothy 5:15BSB

For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

John 12:19BSB

Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”

Luke 19:14BSB

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Matthew 16:23BSB

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

Mark 1:17BSB

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.