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ὀπίσω

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greekNew TestamentAdverb35 occurrences10 books35 verses

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: Matthew 24:18, Luke 7:38; τὰ ὀ., Philippians 3:13; εἰς τὰ ὀ., Mark 13:16, Luke 9:62; 17:31, John 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: Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:7, John 1:15, 27; 1:30;

(b) of place, behind, after: Matthew 4:19; 10:38; 16:23-24, Mark 1:17, 20; 8:33-34, Luke 9:33; 14:27; 19:14; 21:8, 2Pe 2;10, Jude 7, Revelation 1:10; 12:15; in constr. praegn. (see Swete on Re, l.with), John 12:19, Acts 5:17; 20:30, 1 Timothy 5:15, Revelation 13:3.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ὀπίσω:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

35 total
  1. Matthew 3:11ὀπίσω · after
    I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  2. Matthew 4:19ὀπίσω
    “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
  3. Matthew 10:38ὀπίσω
    …and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
  4. Matthew 16:23ὀπίσω · behind
    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.”
  5. Matthew 16:24ὀπίσω · after
    Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
  6. Matthew 24:18ὀπίσω
    And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
  7. Mark 1:7ὀπίσω · After
    And he proclaimed: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
  8. Mark 1:17ὀπίσω
    “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
  9. Mark 1:20ὀπίσω
    Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
  10. Mark 8:33ὀπίσω · behind
    But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
  11. Mark 8:34ὀπίσω · after
    Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
  12. Mark 13:16ὀπίσω
    And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
  13. Luke 7:38ὀπίσω · behind Him
    As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
  14. Luke 9:23ὀπίσω · after
    Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
  15. Luke 9:62ὀπίσω · back
    Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
  16. Luke 14:27ὀπίσω
    And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
  17. Luke 17:31ὀπίσω · [he has] left behind
    On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
  18. Luke 19:14ὀπίσω · after
    But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
  19. Luke 21:8ὀπίσω
    Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
  20. John 1:15ὀπίσω · after
    John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
  21. John 1:27ὀπίσω · after
    He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
  22. John 1:30Ὀπίσω · after
    This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
  23. John 6:66ὀπίσω
    From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
  24. John 12:19ὀπίσω · after
    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!”
  25. John 18:6ὀπίσω · back
    When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
  26. John 20:14ὀπίσω · around
    When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not recognize that it was Jesus.
  27. Acts 5:37ὀπίσω · after
    After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
  28. Acts 20:30ὀπίσω · after
    Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
  29. Philippians 3:13ὀπίσω · behind
    Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
  30. 1 Timothy 5:15ὀπίσω · to follow
    For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.
  31. 2 Peter 2:10ὀπίσω · of
    Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
  32. Jude 1:7ὀπίσω
    In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
  33. Revelation 1:10ὀπίσω · behind
    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
  34. Revelation 12:15ὀπίσω · to overtake
    Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
  35. Revelation 13:3ὀπίσω · [and] followed
    One of the heads of the beast appeared to have been mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.