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Back, Backside, Backward

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

　　1: ὀπίσω ►

　　(Strong's #3694 — Adverb — opiso — op-is'-o )

　　connected with hepomai, "to follow," is used adverbially, of place, with the meaning "back," "backward," in the phrase eis ta opiso, lit., "unto the things behind," in Mark 13:16; Luke 9:62; 17:31; John 6:66; 18:6; 20:14 . Cp. Philippians 3:13 , "the things which are behind." See BEHIND.

　　2: ὄπισθεν ►

　　(Strong's #3693 — Adjective — opisthen — op'-is-then )

　　of place, "behind, after," is rendered "backside" in Revelation 5:1 , AV (RV, "back"). See BEHIND.

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