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G3798 ὄψιος (ópsios)
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Quick Definition

ὄψιος, α, ον Adj late

Strong's Definition

from 3796; late; feminine (as noun) afternoon (early eve) or nightfall (later eve)

KJV Usage: even(-ing, (-tide))

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -α, -ον | ὀψέ · ὀψία · ὄψιμος

67.76 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Units of Time: Daybreak, Midday, Midnight, Late

late, late in the day pertaining to a point near the end of a day (normally after sunset but before night)

JHN 20:19

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

Collocation: ὀψία

evening the period after sunset and before darkness (compare 67.191)

MAT 8:16 · MAT 14:15 · MAT 14:23 · MAT 16:2 · MAT 20:8 · MAT 26:20 · MAT 27:57 · MRK 1:32 · MRK 4:35 · MRK 6:47 · MRK 14:17 · MRK 15:42 · JHN 6:16

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὄψιος, -a, -ον, (ὀψέ), late; 1. as an adjective ({Pind.,] Thue., Dem., Aristot., Theophr., al.; [Lob. ad Phryn. p. 51 sq-.]): ἡ ὥρα, Mk. xi.11 [but T Tr mrg. WH txt. ὀψέ, q. v-] (ὐψίᾳ ἐν νυκτί, Pind. Isthm. 4, 59). 2. contrary to the usage of prof. auth. ἡ ὀψία as a subst. (se. Spa [cf. W. 591 sq. (550); B. 82 (71)]), evening: i. 6. either from our three to six o’clock p. m., Mt. viii. 16; xiv. 15; xxvii.57; Mk. iv. 35; or from our six o’clock p. M. to the beginning of night, Mt. xiv. 23; xvi. 2 There T br. WH reject the pass.]; xx. 8; xxvi. 20; Mk. 1. 82; vi.47; xiv.17; xv.42; Jn. vi. 16; xx. 19, (hence D377 73, between the two evenings, Ex. xii. 6; xvi 12; xxix. 39 [ef. Gesenius, Thesaur. p. 1064 sq. (and addit. et emend. p. 106); B. D.s.v. Day]). Besides only in Judith xiii. 1.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὀψία opsia 15x

evening, either before or after sundown

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ὄψιος, -α, -ον

(< ὀψέ),

late: ἡ ὥρα, Mk 11:11 (Rec., WH, mg.). In late writers, ἡ ὀψία (sc. ὥρα), as subst., evening [in LXX: Jth 13:1*]: Mt 8:16 14:15, 23 16:2 20:8 26:20 27:57, Mk 1:32 4:35 6:47 14:17 15:42, Jo 6:16, 20:19.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὄψιος. P Tebt II. 3045 (Α.Ὁ. 167-8) ὀψίας τῆς ὥρας γενομένης, ‘“when the hour was late” (cf. Mk 1111), P Oxy III. 475} (Α.Ὁ. 182) d[Gas τῆς διελθούσ[ης] ἕκης (1. ἕκτης), ‘cat a late hour of yesterday the 6th” (Edd.), 7b. 528° (ii/a.D.) καθ᾽ ἑκάστης [ἡμέρα]ς Kall] ὀψας (1 ὀψίας), “‘every day and evening” (Edd.), and BGU II. 3808 (iii/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 104) ὀψείας τῆς ὥρας. For the comparative ὀψίτερος (so written instead of the classical ὀψιαίτερος in MSS. of Plutarch and Pollux), see P Tebt I. 230 (late ii/B.C.) τῆι προκειμένην ta ὀψίτερον τῆς ὥρας, BGU I. 1817 (A.D. 57), α΄. Cf. MGr ἀπόψε, ‘‘ this evening.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὀψία (opsia) — evening. ὀψία, Ionic dialect -ιη (i.e. ὥρα), ἡ, the latter part of day, evening, opposed to ὄρθρος, frequently joined with δείλη (which see), μέχρι δείλης ὀψίης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δείλης ὀ. late in the evening, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀψίας alone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —Cf. ὄψιος.

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