ὀπίσω

ὀπίσω

adv.

of place and time,

[in LXX chiefly for אַחַר and cogn. forms ;]

1. prop., as in cl., adv.,

(a) of time (not in NT);

(b) of place, back, behind, after: Matt 24,18, Luk 7,38; τὰ ὀ., Fil 3,13 εἰς τὰ ὀ., Mark 13,16, Luk 9,62; 17,31, Joh 6,66; 18,6; 20,14.

2. By a usage not found in cl., and in LXX representing the Heb. prep. אַחַר (Bl., § 40, 8; Thackeray, Gr., 46 f.), but also prob. general in vernacular (M, Pr., 99), as prep. with genitive;

(a) of time, after: Matt 3,11, Mark 1,7 Joh 1,15, 27; 1,30;

(b) of place, behind, after: Matt 4,19; 10,38; 16,23-24, Mark 1,17, 20; 8,33-34, Luk 9,33; 14,27; 19,14; 21,8, 2Pe 2;10, Jud 7, Åb 1,10; 12,15; in constr. praegn. (see Swete on Re, l.with), Joh 12,19, ApG 5,17; 20,30, 1 Tim 5,15, Åb 13,3.†