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ὀπίσω G3694

G3694 is the Greek word ὀπίσω, transliterated opísō. The King James Version most often renders it after.

Word: ὀπίσωTransliteration: opísōLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 35 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

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

How the King James Version translates it

Across 35 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

after 22×behind 6×back 5×follow 1×backward 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: after, back(-ward), (+ get) behind, + follow.

Verses using ὀπίσω

All 35 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 3:11 · KJV

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 the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

Matthew 4:19 · KJV

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Matthew 10:38 · KJV

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Matthew 16:23 · KJV

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 of men.

Matthew 16:24 · KJV

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.

Matthew 24:18 · KJV

Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

Mark 1:7 · KJV

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

Mark 1:17 · KJV

And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Mark 1:20 · KJV

And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

Mark 8:33 · KJV

But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

Mark 8:34 · KJV

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 cross, and follow me.

Mark 13:16 · KJV

And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

Luke 4:8 · KJV

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Luke 7:38 · KJV

And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Luke 9:23 · KJV

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Luke 9:62 · KJV

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Luke 14:27 · KJV

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

Luke 19:14 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 1:27 · KJV

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

John 1:30 · KJV

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

John 6:66 · KJV

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

John 12:19 · KJV

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

John 18:6 · KJV

As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

John 20:14 · KJV

And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

Acts 5:37 · KJV

After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

Acts 20:30 · KJV

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

Philippians 3:13 · KJV

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

1 Timothy 5:15 · KJV

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

2 Peter 2:10 · KJV

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 evil of dignities.

Jude 1:7 · KJV

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 an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Revelation 1:10 · KJV

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Revelation 12:15 · KJV

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

Revelation 13:3 · KJV

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Common questions

What does Strong's G3694 mean?

G3694 is the Greek word ὀπίσω (opísō), meaning to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun).

How is G3694 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it after (22 times), behind (6 times), back (5 times), follow (1 time), backward (1 time).

How many times does G3694 appear in the Bible?

ὀπίσω (opísō) is tagged in 35 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G3694 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from the same as G3693 (ὄπισθεν) with enclitic of direction.

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