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SR GNT Luke 17:31 ὀπίσω (opisō) ‘him let return to the things back’ Strongs=36940 Lemma=opisō
Word role=adverb
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (8) of identical word form ὀπίσω (D-···) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ὀπίσω’ (D-···) has 2 different glosses: ‘back’, ‘behind’.

Yhn (Jhn) 6:66 ‘went_away to the things back and no_longer with’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 6:66 word 13

OET-LV: 66 From this many out _of of _the apprentices/followers of _him went _away to the things back, and no _longer were _walking with him. (JHN_6:66)

OET-RV: 66 After this, many of his followers went back and no longer accompanied him around. (JHN 6:66)

Yhn (Jhn) 18:6 ‘they went_away to the things back and they fell on_the_ground’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 18:6 word 11

OET-LV: 6 Therefore when he _said to _them: I am he, they _went _away back to the things and they _fell on _the _ground. (JHN_18:6)

OET-RV: 6 But when Yeshua had said that he is the one, they backed away and fell to the ground. (JHN 18:6)

Yhn (Jhn) 20:14 ‘she was turned to the things back and is observing Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 20:14 word 7

OET-LV: 14 Having _said these things, she _was _turned back to the things, and is _observing the Yaʸsous having _stood, and had_ not _known that it _is Yaʸsous. (JHN_20:14)

OET-RV: 14 Then she turned back around and saw Yeshua standing there, but she didn’t realise who it was. (JHN 20:14)

Mark 13:16 ‘him let return to the things back to take_away the garment’ SR GNT Mark 13:16 word 11

OET-LV: 16 and the one in the field, him _let_ not _return back to the things to _take _away the garment of _him. (MRK_13:16)

OET-RV: 16 and anyone working outside shouldn’t go back inside to get a change of clothes. (MRK 13:16)

Mat 24:18 ‘field not let return back to take_away the coat’ SR GNT Mat 24:18 word 8

OET-LV: 18 and the one in the field, let_ not _return back to _take _away the coat of _him. (MAT_24:18)

OET-RV: 18 and anyone in the field shouldn’t go back to the house to get their coat. (MAT 24:18)

Luke 7:38 ‘and having stood behind by the feet’ SR GNT Luke 7:38 word 3

OET-LV: 38 and having _stood behind by the feet of _him weeping, she _began to _be _wetting the feet of _him with _the, tears, and she _was _wiping _off them with _the hairs of _the head of _her, and was _kissing the feet of _him, and was _anointing them with _the ointment. (LUK_7:38)

OET-RV: 38 She stood weeping behind Yeshua’s feet, wetting his feet with her tears. Then she used her hair to wipe off the tears and kissed his feet and rubbed the lotion into them. (LUK 7:38)

Luke 9:62 ‘looking on the things behind suitable is in the’ SR GNT Luke 9:62 word 30

OET-LV: 62 But the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said: No _one Having _laid _on the hand of _him on the_plow, and looking on the things behind, is suitable in _the kingdom of_ the _god. (LUK_9:62)

OET-RV: 62 But Yeshua responded, “No one who starts ploughing a field and then starts looking backwards is suitable for God’s kingdom.” (LUK 9:62)

Php 3:13 ‘but I_do the things on_one_hand behind forgetting to the things on_the_other_hand’ SR GNT Php 3:13 word 13

OET-LV: 13 Brothers, I myself not am _counting to _have _grasped it, but I _do one thing: the things on _one _hand behind forgetting, on _the _other _hand to _the things ahead stretching _out, (PHP_3:13)

OET-RV: 13 Brothers and sisters, I’m not under the illusion that I’ve already grabbed it, but I do do this one thing: forgetting what’s behind me, and taking long strides towards what’s ahead of me, (PHP 3:13)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘opisō’ have 3 different glosses: ‘after’, ‘back’, ‘behind’.

Greek words (21) other than ὀπίσω (D-···) with a gloss related to ‘back’

Have 21 other words (πάλιν, Πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, πάλιν, νῶτον, πάλιν, πάλιν) with 2 lemmas altogether (nōtos, palin)

YHN 4:3 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘Youdaia and went_away back into Galilaia/(Gālīl)’ SR GNT Yhn 4:3 word 7

OET-LV: 3 he _left the Youdaia and went _away back into the Galilaia/(Gālīl). (JHN_4:3)

OET-RV: 3 he left Yudea and went back up to Galilee. (JHN 4:3)

YHN 4:46 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘he came therefore back to Kana of Galilaia/(Gālīl)’ SR GNT Yhn 4:46 word 4

OET-LV: 46 Therefore he _came back to the Kana of_ the _Galilaia, where he _made the water wine. And was a_certain royal official, of _whose the son was _ailing in Kafarnaʼoum. (JHN_4:46)

OET-RV: 46 So he went again to Cana there in Galilee where he had made the water into wine. Now there was a royal official there, whose son in Capernaum was ill. (JHN 4:46)

YHN 6:15 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘they may make him king he withdrew back to the mountain’ SR GNT Yhn 6:15 word 18

OET-LV: 15 Therefore Yaʸsous having _known that they _are _going to _be _coming and to _be _snatching him, in _order _that they _may _make him king, he_ himself only _withdrew back to the mountain. (JHN_6:15)

OET-RV: 15 But Yeshua knew that they intended to come and grab him to proclaim him as their king, so he moved out of the crowd and on up the hill. (JHN 6:15)

YHN 8:2 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘of dawn and back arrived into the’ SR GNT Yhn 8:2 word 3

OET-LV: 2  (JHN_8:2)

OET-RV: 2 ◘ (JHN 8:2)

YHN 10:17 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘life of me in_order_that back I may take it’ SR GNT Yhn 10:17 word 15

OET-LV: 17 Because _of this, the father is _loving me, because I am _laying the life of _me, in _order _that back I _may _take it. (JHN_10:17)

OET-RV: 17 The father loves me because I am laying down my life so that I can take it back again. (JHN 10:17)

YHN 11:7 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘we may_be going into Youdaia back’ SR GNT Yhn 11:7 word 15

OET-LV: 7 Then after this he _is _saying to _the apprentices/followers: We _may _be _going into the Youdaia back. (JHN_11:7)

OET-RV: 7 before he said to his followers, “It’s time to head down to Yudea again.” (JHN 11:7)

MARK 5:21 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘in the boat back to the side across’ SR GNT Mark 5:21 word 11

OET-LV: 21 And the Yaʸsous having _crossed _over in the boat back to the side across, a_ great _crowd was _gathered _together to him, and he _was beside the sea. (MRK_5:21)

OET-RV: 21 When Yeshua had crossed in the boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd of people came out to the lake edge to see him. (MRK 5:21)

MARK 7:31 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘and back having come_out from the’ SR GNT Mark 7:31 word 2

OET-LV: 31 And back having _come _out from the regions of _Turos, he _came through Sidōn to the sea of_ the _Galilaia/(Gālīl), among the_midst of _the regions of _Dekapolis. (MRK_7:31)

OET-RV: 31 Yeshua left the Tyre region, passed through Tsidon, and came down the eastern side of the Lake of Galilee to the Decapolis region. (MRK 7:31)

MARK 10:32 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘were fearing and having taken back the twelve he began’ SR GNT Mark 10:32 word 26

OET-LV: 32 And they _were on the way going _up to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and the Yaʸsous was going _before them, and they _were _being _amazed, and they following were _fearing. And having _taken the twelve back, he _began to _be _telling to _them the things going to _be _happening to _him. (MRK_10:32)

OET-RV: 32 They were heading south on their way to Yerushalem with Yeshua in front, and his followers were a bit surprised and a bit scared. Yeshua took the twelve aside and started telling them what was going to happen to him, (MRK 10:32)

MARK 11:3 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘immediately it he is sending_out back here’ SR GNT Mark 11:3 word 27

OET-LV: 3 And if anyone may _say to _you _all: Why are _you _all _doing this? Say, that The master is _having need of _it, and immediately he _is _sending_ it _out back here. (MRK_11:3)

OET-RV: 3 If anyone asks what you’re doing, tell them that the master needs it and he’ll return it later.” (MRK 11:3)

MARK 11:27 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘and they are coming back to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) and’ SR GNT Mark 11:27 word 4

OET-LV: 27 And they _are _coming back to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and him walking in the temple, the chief _priests, and the scribes, and the elders. are _coming to him. (MRK_11:27)

OET-RV: 27 They continued on into Yerushalem and on to the temple where they were met by the chief priests and the religious teachers and the elders. (MRK 11:27)

MARK 14:39 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘and back having gone_away he prayed the’ SR GNT Mark 14:39 word 2

OET-LV: 39 And back having _gone _away, he _prayed having _said the same statement. (MRK_14:39)

OET-RV: 39 Then he went further in again and prayed as before, (MRK 14:39)

MAT 26:43 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘and having come back he found them sleeping’ SR GNT Mat 26:43 word 3

OET-LV: 43 And having _come back, he _found them sleeping, because/for the eyes of _them were having _been _weighed _down. (MAT_26:43)

OET-RV: 43 Returning again, he found the apprentices sleeping because they were very tired. (MAT 26:43)

ACTs 11:10 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘three-times and was pulled_up back all into heaven’ SR GNT Acts 11:10 word 9

OET-LV: 10 And this became for three-times, and all was _pulled _up back into the heaven. (ACT_11:10)

OET-RV: 10 This happened three times, and then it was pulled up again into the sky. (ACT 11:10)

ACTs 18:21 Πάλιν (Palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘having bid_goodbye and having said back I will_be returning to you_all’ SR GNT Acts 18:21 word 19

OET-LV: 21 but having _bid _goodbye and having _said, I _will _be _returning to you _all Back, the god willing, he _was _launched from the Efesos. (ACT_18:21)

OET-RV: 21 although as he gave his farewells, he said, “I’ll come back here again if God wills it,” then he sailed on from Ephesus. (ACT 18:21)

ROM 11:10 νῶτον (nōton) N-AMS Lemma=nōtos ‘to_be seeing and the back of them through all time’ SR GNT Rom 11:10 word 10

OET-LV: 10 Let _be _darkened the eyes of _them, which not to _be _seeing, and the back of _them through all time bend. (ROM_11:10)

OET-RV: 10 Let their eyes be darkened so they can’t see,
⇔ and their backs be bent through all time.’ (ROM 11:10)

2 COR 1:16 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘to Makedonia and back from Makedonia to come’ SR GNT 2 Cor 1:16 word 9

OET-LV: 16 and by you _all to _pass _through to Makedonia, and back from Makedonia to _come to you _all, and by you _all to _be _sent _forward to the Youdaia. (CO2_1:16)

OET-RV: 16 and to continue on to Macedonia and to stay again on the way back, and then to have you all help send me on my way to Yudea. (CO2 1:16)

GAL 2:1 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘through fourteen years back I went_uphill to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)’ SR GNT Gal 2:1 word 5

OET-LV: 2 Then through fourteen years, I _went _up back to Hierousalaʸm with Barnabas, also having _taken _along _with Titos, (GAL_2:1)

OET-RV: 2 It was fourteen years later that I made the uphill trek to Yerushalem with Barnabas, taking Titos along as well. (GAL 2:1)

GAL 2:18 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘that I torn_down these things back I am building a transgressor myself’ SR GNT Gal 2:18 word 6

OET-LV: 18 For/Because if I _torn_ that _down, I _am _building these things back, I _am _demonstrating a_transgressor myself. (GAL_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 If I rebuild what I’ve already torn down, that would show me to be a law-breaker. (GAL 2:18)

GAL 4:9 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘god how you_all are turning_back back to the weak’ SR GNT Gal 4:9 word 12

OET-LV: 9 on _the _other _hand now having _known god, and rather having _been _known by god, how are _you _all _turning _back back to the weak and poor principles, for _which again you _all _are _wanting to _be _serving again? ? (GAL_4:9)

OET-RV: 9 But now that you do know God, or rather now that God knows you, why would you turn back again to useless and inferior beliefs, to serve them all over again? (GAL 4:9)

PHP 1:26 πάλιν (palin) D-··· Lemma=palin ‘through my coming back to you_all’ SR GNT Php 1:26 word 15

OET-LV: 26 in _order _that the boast of _you _all may _be _being _plentiful in chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous in me, through the my coming back to you _all. (PHP_1:26)

OET-RV: 26 so that when I come to visit you again, I’ll hear your pride in how you are all growing in Messiah Yeshua. (PHP 1:26)

Key: D=adverb N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular