Revelation 13:3:23Rev.13.3.W23TAB
ὀπίσω
opisô
“behind”
- Transliteration
- o-PI-sô
- Extended
- oh-PIH-soh
- IPA
- /oˈpi.sɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- behind
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
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o-PI-sô
- sentence
KAI MI-an ek tôn ke-pha-LÔN au-TOU hôs es-pha-GME-nên eis THA-na-ton KAI hê plê-GÊ tou tha-NA-tou au-TOU e-the-ra-PEU-thê KAI e-thau-MAS-thê HO-lê hê gê o-PI-sô tou thê-RI-ou
Exegesis
Finally, ethaumasthē holē hē gē opiso tou thēriou {ἐθαυμάσθη ὅλη ἡ γῆ ὀπίσω τοῦ θηρίου | e-thau-más-thē hó-lē hē gê o-pí-sō tou thē-rí-ou} uses another aorist passive (“was filled with wonder”) with holē hē gē as the subject, presenting the entire earth in collective astonishment and allegiance, conveyed by the preposition opiso {ὀπίσω | o-pí-sō} “after, behind,” a typical following-after language. In translation, Greek participial and prepositional structures are rendered with clear finite clauses and sequential connectors, preserving both the sense of a seemingly mortal yet healed wound and the resultant global amazement and pursuit of the beast.
In context — Revelation 13:3
And one of his heads was as though it had been slain unto death, and the wound of his death was healed, and all the earth marveled after the beast .
About this coordinate
Revelation 13:3:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Revelation 13:3, so the Greek word ὀπίσω (opisô) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.13.3.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.13.3.W23.S1) and character.