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: Mat.24:18, Luk.7:38; τὰ ὀ. Php.3:13; εἰς τὰ ὀ. Mrk.13:16, Luk.9:62 17:31, Jhn.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: Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:7 Jhn.1:15, 27 1:30;

__(b) of place, behind, after: Mat.4:19 10:38 16:23-24, Mrk.1:17, 20 8:33-34, Luk.9:33 14:27 19:14 21:8, 2Pe 2;10, Ju 7, Rev.1:10 12:15; in constr. praegn. (see Swete on Re, l.with), Jhn.12:19, Act.5:17 20:30, 1Ti.5:15, Rev.13:3.†

(AS)

back; behind; after