ὀπίσω opisō

Greek word for “after” · Strong’s G3694 · used 35 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

ὀπίσω; adv.; of place and time;

How it is translated

Glosses given for opisō in context, with how often each is used:

• after 23
• back 7
• behind 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 1 (3), John 1 (3), Matthew 16 (2), Mark 8 (2), Luke 9 (2), Matthew 3 (1), Matthew 4 (1), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 13 (1)

Forms

• ὀπίσω 35

Words used with it

Words that share verses with opisō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σταυρός stauros “cross” 5
• αἴρω airō “to take up” 6
• ἐπιστρέφω epistrephō “to turn” 4
• ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai “to go away” 5
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 6
• ὑπόδημα hupodēma “sandal” 3
• ἀκολουθέω akoloutheō “to follow” 4
• Σατανᾶς Satanas “Satan” 3
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 5
• ἀγρός agros “field” 3
• ἔμπροσθεν emprosthen “before” 3
• ἱμάς himas “leather strap” 2

Key verses

The verses using opisō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:11 — I 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…
• Matthew 16:23 — But 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…
• Matthew 16:24 — Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Mark 8:34 — And 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…
• Luke 19:14 — But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
• Luke 21:8 — And 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.
• John 1:15 — John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
• John 6:66 — From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
• Acts 20:30 — Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
• 2 Peter 2:10 — But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak…
• Jude 1:7 — Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for…
• Revelation 1:10 — I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.