adverb
opisthen
Strong’sG3693
from behind, after
stem opisthen-7 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ὄπισθεν,
adv. of place,[in LXX chiefly for אַחַר, מֵאַחַר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3693 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidop'-is-then
from G3700) with enclitic of source; from the rear (as a secure aspect), i.e. at the back (adverb and preposition of place or time)
Fromfrom ὄπις (regard;
King Jamesafter, backside, behind.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
in Ionic dialect Refs 5th c.BC+ and late Attic dialect Refs 2nd c.AD+ ὄπισθε before a consonant, as also in Poets, Refs 5th c.BC+: poetry also ὄπῐθεν Refs 8th c.BC+:— adverb:
I of Place, behind, at the back, opposed to πρόσθε, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὄπιθεν κομόωντες with long back-hair, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὄ. ἕπεσθαι, ἀκολουθεῖν, Refs 4th c.BC+ [same place], etc.; οἱ ὄπιθεν those who are left behind, e.g. at home, Refs 8th c.BC+; but also, those who are in the rear, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰ τοὺς ὄ. ἐς τὸ πρόσθεν ἄξομεν shall bring the rear ranks to the front (metaphorically), Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ ὄ. ἁψῖδες the hinder fellies, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ὄ. the hinder parts, rear, back, Refs 8th c.BC+back, backwards, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς τ. τοξεύειν, i. e. 'versis sagittis', like the Parthians, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄ. ποιήσασθαι τὸν ποταμόν place the river in his rear, Refs
I.2 preposition with genitive, behind, στῆ δ᾽ ὄπιθεν δίφροιο Refs 8th c.BC+: sometimes after its case, δίφρου ὄπισθεν Refs 8th c.BC+; ἴμεν φάμας ὄπισθεν follow the voice, Refs 5th c.BC+
II of Time, after, in future, hereafter, Refs 8th c.BC+; either of a thing absolutely future, or of one which follows something else, opposed to αὐτίκα, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 ἐν τοῖσι ὄ. λόγοισι in the books yet to come, in the following books, Refs 5th c.BC+: but, in Grammars, of what has gone before, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁ ὄπιθεν χρόνος the earlier time, Refs 6th c.AD+ —for _comparative_ ὀπίστερος, _superlative_ ὀπίστατος, (see entry). (Prob. from *ὄπις 'back', contained in ἀνόπιν, κατόπιν, μετόπιν, ὀπίσω.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 9:20… idou gunaikas haimorroarōntas dōdeka eteim prosercharantas opisthen hapteta teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou;… bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of …
Mark 5:27… tou Iēsu, ercharantas en to ochlo opisthen hapteta teu himatieu autou;… she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
Luke 8:44prosercharantas opisthen hapteta teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou, …She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of …
Revelation 4:6“behind”… tessares zōeim gemarōnteim ofthalmoiu emprosthen kai opisthen;… throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
Revelation 5:1“on the back”… tou thronou bibliem graforēntem esōthen kai opisthen, katasfragizorēntem sfragidai hepta.… saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
Matthew 15:23… auton legarōntois; Apoluasar autan, hoti krazatō opisthen nu.… away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
Luke 23:26… agrou epitithala auto ton stauron ferarō opisthen tou Iēsu.… the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.