2001 Translation

OPISŌ, opisō

Sounds Like: O-PI-so

Translations: behind, after, back, backward, afterwards

From the root: ΟΠΙΣΩ

Part of Speech: Adverb, Preposition

Explanation: This word functions as an adverb meaning 'behind' or 'backwards', indicating direction or position. It can also be used as a preposition, typically with the genitive case, to mean 'behind' or 'after' in terms of place or time. For example, it can refer to following someone or something, or to events that occur later.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G3694 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 35:8

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 10:190
• Book 6 — 1:15
• Book 7 — 7:140
• Book 8 — 15:414
• Book 9 — 14:284

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 21:17
• Book Four — 8:38
• Book Five — 2:3, 2:22
• Book Six — 3:5, 7:4

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 49:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 21:3, 22:9, 24:4, 38:5, 56:20, 103:6

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 14:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 8:8, 14:14, 19:6, 19:17, 19:26, 24:5, 31:23, 31:36, 32:18, 32:19, 32:20, 33:2, 35:5, 41:19, 41:27, 44:4, 49:17
• Exodus — 14:4, 14:8, 14:9, 14:10, 14:17, 14:19, 14:23, 14:28, 15:20, 26:12, 26:22, 33:23, 34:15, 34:16
• Leviticus — 17:7, 20:6
• Numbers — 3:23, 15:39, 16:3, 25:8, 32:11, 32:12
• Deuteronomy — 4:3, 6:14, 8:19, 11:4, 11:30, 13:4, 19:6, 24:20, 24:21, 25:18, 28:14, 31:16
• Joshua — 2:5, 2:7, 2:8, 2:16, 3:3, 6:9, 8:2, 8:4, 8:6, 8:14, 8:16, 8:17, 8:20, 10:19, 14:9, 24:6
• Judges — 1:6, 2:12, 2:17, 2:19, 3:22, 3:28, 4:14, 4:16, 5:14, 6:34, 7:23, 8:5, 8:12, 8:27, 8:33, 9:3, 9:4, 9:49, 13:11, 18:12, 19:3, 20:40, 20:45
• Ruth — 1:15, 3:10
• 1 Samuel — 6:12, 7:2, 8:3, 11:7, 12:14, 12:21, 13:4, 13:7, 13:15, 14:12, 14:13, 14:22, 14:36, 14:37, 15:31, 17:35, 17:52, 17:53, 20:38, 22:20, 23:25, 23:28, 24:9, 24:15, 24:22, 25:13, 25:19, 25:42, 26:3, 26:18, 30:8, 30:21
• 2 Samuel — 1:7, 1:22, 2:10, 2:19, 2:20, 2:23, 2:24, 2:25, 2:28, 3:16, 3:26, 3:31, 11:8, 13:17, 13:18, 15:13, 17:1, 17:9, 18:16, 18:22, 20:2, 20:6, 20:7, 20:10, 20:11, 20:13, 23:10
• 1 Kings — 1:6, 1:7, 1:8, 1:14, 1:24, 1:40, 2:28, 10:19, 11:2, 11:4, 11:8, 11:10, 12:20, 12:24, 16:3, 16:21, 16:22, 17:10, 17:11, 18:18, 18:21, 18:37, 19:20, 19:21, 20:21, 20:26, 21:19
• 2 Kings — 2:24, 4:30, 5:20, 5:21, 6:19, 7:14, 7:15, 9:18, 9:19, 9:25, 9:27, 11:6, 11:15, 13:2, 14:19, 17:15, 20:10, 20:11, 23:3, 25:5
• 1 Chronicles — 5:25, 10:2, 14:14
• 2 Chronicles — 13:19, 23:14, 26:17
• Nehemiah — 3:16, 3:17, 4:16, 4:23, 9:26, 11:8, 12:32, 13:19
• Tobit — 1:2, 1:17, 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 — 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
• Odes — 7:17
• Proverbs — 25:9
• Ecclesiastes — 2:12, 7:1, 7:15, 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, 30:25, 34:8, 46:6, 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, 9:14, 9:22, 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, 42:15, 49:16, 52:8
• Lamentations — 1:8, 1:13, 2:3
• Ezekiel — 2:10, 5:2, 5:12, 6:9, 9:5, 12:14, 20:16, 20:24, 20:30, 23:30, 23:35, 29:16, 33:31
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:39, 7:6, 7:7, 7:24
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 8:4, 8:22
• Hosea — 2:5, 2:13, 5:11, 11:10, 13:4
• Amos — 2:4
• Joel — 2:3, 2:14, 2:20
• Nahum — 3:5
• Zechariah — 1:8, 2:8

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 2:7

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 7:3
• Vision 4 — 3:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 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 — 5:37, 20:30
• Philippians — 3:14
• 1 Timothy — 5:15
• 2 Peter — 2:10
• Jude — 1:7
• Revelation — 1:10, 12:15, 13:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΠΙΣΩ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΟΠΙΣΩ — behind, after, backward, back
• ΤΟΥ̓ΠΙΣΩ — backward, backwards, behind, to the rear

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