What does ἀπέρχομαι · ὀπίσω mean in the Bible?
ἀπέρχομαι · ὀπίσω is a Greek phrase meaning "go away backward, turn back".
Greek · G565, G3694
ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω
To go away · after
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ἀπέρχομαι G565 to go away
Pronunciation apérchomai
Departure with directional completion; often followed by another verb to express sequential action in narrative.
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ὀπίσω G3694 after
Pronunciation opísō
Spatial: behind or after; temporal: following in sequence; takes genitive as preposition in NT usage.
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What does ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω (apēlthon eis ta opisō) mean in the Bible?
ἀπέρχομαι · ὀπίσω is a Greek phrase meaning "go away backward, turn back".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G565, G3694?
G565, G3694 is connected to 117 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. go away backward, turn back
Source Gloss
go away backward, turn back
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 117 Tenses Aorist, Present, Future, Pluperfect, Perfect Voices Active, Middle
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 66×
Aorist Active Matt 4:24 · Matt 9:7 · Matt 13:25 · Matt 16:4 · Matt 19:22 · Matt 21:29 · Matt 21:30 · Matt 27:60 · Mark 1:35 · Mark 1:42 · Mark 5:20 · Mark 5:24 · Mark 6:46 · Mark 7:24 · Mark 8:13 · Mark 10:22 61×
Future Middle Matt 25:46 · John 6:68 · Rom 15:28 3×
Pluperfect Active John 4:8 1×
Perfect Active Jas 1:24 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 31×
Aorist Active Matt 13:46 · Matt 18:30 · Matt 25:18 · Matt 25:25 · Matt 26:36 · Matt 26:42 · Matt 26:44 · Matt 27:5 · Mark 6:27 · Mark 14:39 · Luke 5:14 · Luke 9:60 · Luke 22:4 · John 9:11 · John 12:36 · Acts 5:26 30×
Present Middle Matt 25:10 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 12×
Aorist Active Matt 2:22 · Matt 8:18 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 14:16 · Matt 16:21 · Mark 5:17 · Mark 9:43 · Luke 8:31 · Luke 8:37 · Acts 4:15 · Acts 16:39 11×
Present Middle Acts 23:32 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 8×
Aorist Active Matt 10:5 · Luke 17:23 · John 16:7 · Matt 5:30 · Matt 28:10 6×
Present Middle Matt 8:19 · Luke 9:57 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 117 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 108 present 4 future 3 perfect 1 pluperfect 1
Voice
active 110 middle 7
Mood
indicative 66 participle 31 infinitive 12 subjunctive 8
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:22 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 4:24 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:30 ἀπέλθῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 8:18 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 8:19 ἀπέρχῃ present middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 8:21 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 8:32 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:33 ἀπελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:7 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 10:5 ἀπέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 13:25 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:28 ἀπελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 13:46 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 14:15 ἀπελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 14:16 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 16:21 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 16:4 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 18:30 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 19:22 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 20:5 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:29 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:30 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:22 ἀπῆλθαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:5 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:10 ἀπερχομένων present middle participle participle Matthew 25:18 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 25:25 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 25:46 ἀπελεύσονται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 26:36 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 26:42 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 26:44 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 27:5 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 27:60 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 28:10 ἀπέλθωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 28:8 ἀπελθοῦσαι aorist active participle participle Mark 1:20 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Mark 1:35 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 1:42 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 3:13 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Mark 5:17 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive
+77 more occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain