G2073: ἑσπέρα (hespéra)

G2073 ἑσπέρα (hespéra)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἑσπέρα, ας, ἡ n.f. evening

Strong's Definition

feminine of an adjective hesperos (evening); the eve (5610 being implied)

KJV Usage: evening(-tide)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἑσπέρα (G2073)

noun, f. | -ας

67.191 · Time · Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour

evening (compare {D:67.197}) a period from late in the afternoon until darkness

LUK 24:29 · ACT 4:3 · ACT 28:23

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἑσπέρα, -as, ἡ, (ἔσπερος of or at evening), evening, eventide: Acts iv. 3; xxviii. 23; πρὸς ἑσπ. ἐστίν, it is towards evening, Lk. xxiv. 29. [From Pind. and Hdt. down.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἑσπέρα hespera 3x

evening, Lk. 24:29; Acts 4:3; 28:23*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἑσπέρα, -ας, ἡ

(prop, fem, of ἕσπερος), [in LXX chiefly for צֶרֶב ;]

(sc. ὥρα), evening: Lk 24:29, Ac 4:3 20:15 28:23;

(so. χώρα), the west.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἑσπέρα. With Lk 2429 cf. P Par 695. 4 (Α.Ὁ. 233) πράξας περὶ ἑσπέραν. The word is found in the fragment of a lost Gospel P Oxy IV. 655% ad’ ἑσπίέρας ἕως π]ρωί. In 2d. VIII. 11632 (v/a.D.) it refers to locality—tq τετράδι καταλαβὼν cis ἑσπέραν τὴν Δαρνιτῶν, ‘I arrived on the 4th at the western border of Darne” (Ed.): cf. Prezs7gke 465111 (A.p. 250-1) καθ᾽ [€lomé[play olklas. For the rough, instead of the smooth, breathing taking the place of an original simple F see Brugmann-Thumb, p. 52. MGr σπέρα.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἑσπέρα (hespera) — evening. ἑσπέρα, Ionic dialect ἑσπ-έρη, ἡ, properly feminine of ἕσπερος:

I. (i.e. ὥρα), evening, ἑσπέρας at eve, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς just at nightfall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἑσπέραν towards evening, [NT+5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὴ ἑσπέρα ἦν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ ἑσπέραν βαθεῖαν late in the evening, [Refs 1st c.AD+] life is wearing to its eve, [Refs 4th c.BC+] evenings when the moon is full, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. night, μίαν ἑ. αὐλισάμενος [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. (i.e. χώρα) the west, πρὸς ἑσπέραν φέρει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πνεύματα πνεῖ τῆς δείλης ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically in political sense, τὰ προφαινόμενα ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. νέφη [Refs 2nd c.BC+] the Western Empire, [Refs 6th c.AD+]