Lexical Definition

‎ὀπίσω‎ opísō (op-is'-o) after ^G:ADV
from the same as ‎ὄπισθεν‎ with enclitic of direction

after, back(-ward), (+ get) behind, + follow.

• to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place
• or as noun)

Abbott-Smith

ὀπίσω, adv. of place and time, [in LXX chiefly for אַחֲרֵי, אַחַר and cogn. forms;]
1. prop., as in cl., adv.,
(a) of time (not in NT);
(b) of place, back, behind, after: Mt 24:18, Lk 7:38; τὰ ὀ., Phl 3:13; εἰς τὰ ὀ., Mk 13:16, Lk 9:62 17:31, Jo 6:66 18:6 20:14.
2. By a usage not found in cl., and in LXX representing the Heb. prep. אַחֲרֵי (Bl., § 40, 8; Thackeray, Gr., 46 f.), but also prob. general in vernacular (M, Pr., 99), as prep. c. gen.;
(a) of time, after: Mt 3:11, Mk 1:7, Jo 1:15, 27, 30;
(b) of place, behind, after: Mt 4:19 10:38 16:23, 24, Mk 1:17, 20 8:33, 34, Lk 9:23 14:27 19:14 21:8, II Pe 2:10, Ju 7, Re 1:10 12:15; in constr. praegn. (v. Swete on Re 13:3), Jo 12:19, Ac 5:17 20:30, I Ti 5:15, Re 13:3.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὀπίσω [ῐ],

Epic dialect ὀπίσσω, the former rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect ὐπίσσω [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— adverb:

__I of Place, backwards, opposed to to πρόσω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; to προπρηνές,[ὀπίσω,">Refs 8th c.BC+] contraction τοὐπίσω, τὸ ὀ. φεύγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ὀ. the hinder parts, [LXX+1st c.BC+] on the back (of the papyrus), [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τἀπίλοιπα ὀ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I.2 back, back again, of movement, ἀπήνυσαν οἴκαδ᾽ ὀπίσσω [ὀπίσω πάλιν οἴκαδε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.62; ἂψ ὀ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.74; ἀπίκοντο ὀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.62; ὀ. πορευόμενοι [prev. work] 75; ὀ. ἀναπλῶσαι [prev. work] 78 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ ὀ. κομιδῇ on his way back, [Refs]
__I.3 back again, again, of action that reverses an action or occurrence, ἀνακτᾶσθαι ὀ. τὴν τυραννίδα [Refs]; σφραγίζεις λύεις τ᾽ ὀπίσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 with genitive, δεῦτε ὀ. μου come after me, follow me, [NT]
__II of Time, hereafter, since the future is unseen and was therefore regarded as behind us, whereas the past is known and therefore before our eyes, ἡμῖν τεκέεσσί τ᾽ ὀπίσσω πῆμα λίποιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Τρῳαὶ δέ μ᾽ ὀπίσσω πᾶσαι μωμήσονται[Refs 8th c.BC+]; where ὀπίσσω and πρόσσω are opposed, πρόσσω must be the past and ὀπίσσω the future, οἶδε νοῆσαι ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ὁρῶν οὔτ᾽ ὀπίσω neither present nor future, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ἐν τοῖσι ὀ. λόγοις in the books yet to come, in the following books, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Joel.2.20 ☩ Matt.4.19}