ΟΠΙΣΩ, οπισω
OPISŌ, opisō
Sounds Like: OH-pee-soh
Translations: behind, after, backward, back
From the root: ΟΠΙΣΩ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb indicating position or direction. It can mean 'behind' in terms of physical location, 'after' in terms of time or sequence, or 'backward' in terms of movement. It is often used to describe following someone or something, or looking back.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G3694 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 25:8
- Deuteronomy — 4:3
- Judges — 4:14, 4:16, 5:14, 6:34, 7:23, 8:5, 8:12, 8:27, 8:33, 9:3, 9:4, 9:49
- 1 Chronicles — 10:2, 14:14
- 2 Esdras — 13:16, 13:17, 14:10, 14:17, 19:26, 21:8, 22:32, 22:38, 23:19
- Tobit — 1:2, 1:17, 11:4
- 1 Maccabees — 1:9, 1:44, 2:27, 2:32, 7:45, 9:15, 9:47, 10:78, 12:30
- Psalms — 6:11, 9:4, 34:4, 39:15, 43:11, 43:19, 44:15, 49:17, 55:10, 62:9, 69:3, 77:66, 113:3, 113:5, 128:5
- Proverbs — 25:9
- Ecclesiastes — 2:12, 6:12, 7:14, 9:3, 10:14, 12:2
- Song of Solomon — 1:4, 2:9
- Job — 21:33, 37:4, 39:8
- Sirach — 14:22, 18:30, 21:15, 26:11, 27:17, 31:8, 33:16b, 46:7, 46:10
- Isaiah — 28:13, 30:21, 38:17, 42:17, 44:25, 45:14, 57:8, 59:14, 65:2
- Jeremiah — 2:5, 2:8, 2:23, 2:25, 3:17, 7:6, 7:9, 8:2, 9:13, 9:21, 11:10, 12:6, 13:10, 13:26, 13:27, 15:6, 16:11, 16:12, 17:16, 18:12, 25:6, 25:17, 26:5, 31:2, 42:15, 49:16, 52:8
- Lamentations — 0:8, 0:13, 2:3
- Joel — 2:3, 2:14, 2:20
- Nahum — 3:5
- Zechariah — 1:8, 2:12
- Matthew — 3:11, 4:19, 10:38, 16:23, 16:24, 24:18
- Mark — 1:7, 1:17, 1:20, 8:33, 8:34, 13:16
- Luke — 7:38, 9:23, 9:62, 14:27, 17:31, 19:14, 21:8
- John — 1:15, 1:27, 1:30, 6:66, 12:19, 18:6, 20:14
- Acts of the Apostles — 5:37, 20:30
- Philippians — 3:13
- 1 Timothy — 5:15
- 2 Peter — 2:10, 2:21
- Jude — 1:7
- Revelation — 1:10, 12:15, 13:3
- Shepherd of Hermas — 15:3, 24:7
From the same root
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