ὀπίσω
opísō
“to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
can function as an improper prep., behind, after, at one’s back, Mt. 4:10; Lk. 7:38; Rev. 1:10; τὰ ὀπίσω, the things which are behind, Phil. 3:13; ὀπίσω and εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, back, backwards, Mt. 24:18; Mk. 13:16; Lk. 9:62, when an improper prep., takes the gen.
Translated in KJV as
afterback(-ward)(+ get) behind+ follow
Etymology
from the same as G3693 (ὄπισθεν) with enclitic of direction;
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