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Back, Backside, Backward
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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.
of place, "behind, after," is rendered "backside" in Revelation 5:1 , AV (RV, "back"). See BEHIND.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Back, Backside, Backward'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​b/back-backside-backward.html. 1940.