Lexicon opisthen: behind, after Original Word: ὄπισθενPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: opisthen Phonetic Spelling: (op'-is-then) Short Definition: from behind, after Definition: from behind, after. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originprobably from opis (back) Definitionbehind, after NASB Translationback (1), behind (5).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3693: ὄπισθενὄπισθεν (see ὀπίσω), adverb of place, from behind, on the back, behind, after: Matthew 9:20; Mark 5:21; Luke 8:44; Revelation 4:6; Revelation 5:1 (on which see γράφω, 3). As a preposition it is joined with the genitive (like ἔμπροσθεν, ἔξωθεν, etc. ( Winers Grammar, § 54, 6; Buttmann, § 146, 1)): Matthew 15:23; Luke 23:26; ( Revelation 1:10 WH marginal reading). (From Homer down; the Sept. for אַחֲרֵי, sometimes for אָחור.)
Strong's after, backside, behind. From opis (regard; from optanomai) with enclitic of source; from the rear (as a secure aspect), i.e. At the back (adverb and preposition of place or time) -- after, backside, behind. see GREEK optanomai |
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