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Strong's G3694 · Greek

ὀπίσω

opiso · op-is'-o

from the same as 3693 with enclitic of direction; to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὀπίσω (G3694)

35 ὀπίσω , adv. of place and time, [in LXX chiefly for אַחֲרֵי , אַחַר and cogn. forms;] prop., as in cl., adv., of time (not in NT); of place, back , behind , after : Mt 24:18 , Lk 7:38 ; τὰ ὀ. , Phl 3:13 ; εἰς τὰ ὀ. , Mk 13:16 , Lk 9:62 17:31 , Jo 6:66 18:6 20:14 . By a usage not found in cl., and in LXX representing the Heb. prep. אַחֲרֵי (Bl., § 40, 8; Thackeray, Gr. , 46 f.), but also prob. general in vernacular (M, Pr. , 99), as prep. c. gen.; of time, after : Mt 3:11 , Mk 1:7 , Jo 1:15 , 27 , 30 ; of place, behind , after : Mt 4:19 10:38 16:23 , 24 , Mk 1:17 , 20 8:33 , 34 , Lk 9:23 14:27 19:14 21:8 , II Pe 2:10 , Ju 7 , Re 1:10 12:15 ; in constr. praegn. (v. Swete on Re 13:3 ), Jo 12:19 , Ac 5:17 20:30 , I Ti 5:15 , Re 13:3 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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