Quick Definition
from behind, after
Strong's Definition
from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) with enclitic of source; from the rear (as a secure aspect), i.e. at the back (adverb and preposition of place or time)
Derivation: from (regard;
KJV Usage: after, backside, behind
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄπισθεν (see ὀπίσω), adverb of place, from behind, on the back, behind, after: Mat_9:20; Mar_5:21; Luk_8:44; Rev_4:6; Rev_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)): Mat_15:23; Luk_23:26; (Rev_1:10 WH marginal reading). (From Homer down; the Sept. for ΰΗηΒψΕι, sometimes for ΰΘηεψ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὄπισθεν opisthen 7x
can function as an improper prep., from behind, behind, after, at the back of, Mat_9:20 ; Mat_15:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὄπισθεν ,
adv. of place,
[in LXX chiefly for H268 , H310 ;]
behind, after: Mat_9:20 , Mar_5:27 , Luk_8:44 , Rev_4:6 ; Rev_5:1 . As prep . c . gen .: Mat_15:23 , Luk_23:26 , Rev_1:10 ( WH , mg .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὄπισθεν [page 453]
For the prepositional use of ὄπισθεν c. gen., as in Mat_15:23 , Luk_23:26 , cf. the magic P Par 574 1230 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 113) ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ σταθείς contrasted with an immediately preceding 1229 βάλε ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ κλῶνας ἐλαίας . See also s.v. ὀπίσω .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὄπισθεν [Etym: ὄπις] of Place, "behind, at the back", Hom. , etc.; οἱ ὄπιθεν "those who are left behind", Od. ; also, τοὺς ὄπισθεν ἐς τὸ πρόσθεν ἕξομεν "shall" bring the "rear ranks" to the front, Soph. ; τὰ ὄπ. "the rear, back", Il. , Xen. :— εἰς τοὔπισθεν "back, backwards", Eur. , etc. as prep. with gen. "behind", ὄπιθεν δίφροιο Il. ; ὄπισθε τῆς θύρης Hdt. , etc. of Time, "in future, hereafter", Hom. , etc. ἐν τοῖσι ὄπισθε λόγοισι in the "following" books, Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὄπισθεν
adv. of place, [in LXX chiefly for אָחוֹר, אַחַר ;]
behind, after: Mat.9:20, Mrk.5:27, Luk.8:44, Rev.4:6 5:1. As prep. with genitive: Mat.15:23, Luk.23:26, Rev.1:10 (WH, mg.).†
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