Opisō ὀπίσω

Opisō (Greek ὀπίσω, Strong's G3694) is a Greek adverb meaning “after”. It occurs 36 times in 36 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Opisō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• 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 the Holy Ghost, and with fire: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.
• Matthew 4:19
  And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
• Matthew 10:38
  And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
• 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 of men.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.”
• 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.Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
• Matthew 24:18
  Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

Mark

• Mark 1:7
  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.And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
• Mark 1:17
  And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
• Mark 1:20
  And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
• Mark 8:33
  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.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.”
• 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 cross, and follow me.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.
• Mark 13:16
  And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

Luke

• Luke 4:8
  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.But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
• Luke 7:38
  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.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.
• Luke 9:23
  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.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.
• Luke 9:62
  And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
• Luke 14:27
  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
• Luke 17:31
  In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.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.
• 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.But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule 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.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.

John

• 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 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.’”
• John 1:27
  He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
• John 1:30
  This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
• John 6:66
  From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
• John 12:19
  The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.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!”
• John 18:6
  As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
• John 20:14
  And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not recognize that it was Jesus.

Acts

• Acts 5:37
  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.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.
• Acts 20:30
  Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

Philippians

• Philippians 3:13
  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,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,

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 5:15
  For some are already turned aside after Satan.For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

2 Peter

• 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 evil of dignities.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.

Jude

• 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 an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.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.

Revelation

• Revelation 1:10
  I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
• Revelation 12:15
  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.Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
• Revelation 13:3
  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.One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).