ὄπισθενópisthen
behind, after: Matthew 9:20, Mark 5:27, Luke 8:44, Revelation 4:6, Revelation 5:1.
Greek (New Testament) · G3693
Meanings
As preposition with genitive: Matthew 15:23, Luke 23:26, Revelation 1:10.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:20 Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind him. She touched the fringe of his robe,
- Matthew 15:23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.”
- Mark 5:27 She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe.
- Luke 8:44 Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.
- Luke 23:26 As they led Jesus away, a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, happened to be coming in from the countryside. The soldiers seized him and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.
- Revelation 4:6 In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.