Strong G3796ὀψέ
late
- Transliteration
- opse
- Pronunciation
- op-seh'
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
From the same as G3694 (through the idea of backwardness); (adverbially) late in the day; by extension after the close of the day: - (at) even in the end.
Detailed definition
ὀψέ, adv. of time
[in LXX: Gen.24:11, Exo.30:8 (עֶרֶב, עֶרֶב בֵּין), Jer.2:23; τὸ ὀ., Isa.5:11 (נֶשֶׁף)*;]
1. long after, late.
2. late in the day, at evening (opposite to πρωί); in late writers used almost as an indecl. noun (see MM, xviii): Mrk.11:11, 19 13:35.
3. C. genitive, late in or on; and, in late writers also after (M, Pr., 72 f.), a sense which seems to be required in Mat.28:1.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Gen.24:11, Exo.30:8 (עֶרֶב, עֶרֶב בֵּין), Jer.2:23; τὸ ὀ., Isa.5:11 (נֶשֶׁף)*;]
1. long after, late.
2. late in the day, at evening (opposite to πρωί); in late writers used almost as an indecl. noun (see MM, xviii): Mrk.11:11, 19 13:35.
3. C. genitive, late in or on; and, in late writers also after (M, Pr., 72 f.), a sense which seems to be required in Mat.28:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3796 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- even2
- end1
First verses
- Matthew 28:1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
- Mark 11:19And when even was come, he went out of the city.
- Mark 13:35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀψέ,
Aeolic dialect ὄψι (which see), adverb after a long time, at length, late, ἔκ τε καὶ ὀ. τελεῖ, opposed to αὐτίκα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.161; ὀ. κακῶς ἔλθοι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.534, etc.)]; ὀ. διδάσκεσθαι, μανθάνειν, to be late in learning, learn too late, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1425, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1264; ὀψέ γε φρονεῖς εὖ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 99; also ὀ. δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.399, etc.; ὀ. γοῦν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same place]; ὀ. περ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.80.)]
b ὀ. ἀφ᾽ οὗ.. it is not long since.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.14.)]
2 late in the day, at even, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.232, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.272, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.106, etc.)]; ὀφλεῖν.. ὀ. ὁδοῦ incur a penalty for being out late at night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 433a (uncertain))]; late in the season, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 485)]; ὀ. ἦν, ὀ. ἐγίγνετο, it was, it was getting, late, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.16, 3.4.36)]; ἡ μάχη ἐτελεύτα ἐς (variant{ἕως}) ὀ. did not end till late, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.108; so ἐς ὀψέ [prev. author] 8.23)]; but εἰς ὀ. ψηφίζεσθαι continue voting till late in the day, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.15.)]
3 with genitive, ὀ. τῆς ἡμέρας late in the day, ἤδη γὰρ τῆς ἡμέρας ὀ. ἦν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.93, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.23; τῆς δ᾽ ὥρας ἐγίγνετ᾽ ὀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.84)]; ὀ. τῆς ἡλικίας late in life, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 14, compare “Am.” 37.)]
4 as preposition with genitive, ὀ. τούτων after these things, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.10, compare 4.18)]; so perhaps ὀ. σαββάτων after the sabbath day, [NT (NT.Matt.28.1.—For the _comparative_ and _superlative_ _adverbs_ see at {ὄψιος}.)]
Aeolic dialect ὄψι (which see), adverb after a long time, at length, late, ἔκ τε καὶ ὀ. τελεῖ, opposed to αὐτίκα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.161; ὀ. κακῶς ἔλθοι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.534, etc.)]; ὀ. διδάσκεσθαι, μανθάνειν, to be late in learning, learn too late, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1425, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1264; ὀψέ γε φρονεῖς εὖ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 99; also ὀ. δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.399, etc.; ὀ. γοῦν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same place]; ὀ. περ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.80.)]
b ὀ. ἀφ᾽ οὗ.. it is not long since.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.14.)]
2 late in the day, at even, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.232, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.272, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.106, etc.)]; ὀφλεῖν.. ὀ. ὁδοῦ incur a penalty for being out late at night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 433a (uncertain))]; late in the season, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 485)]; ὀ. ἦν, ὀ. ἐγίγνετο, it was, it was getting, late, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.2.16, 3.4.36)]; ἡ μάχη ἐτελεύτα ἐς (variant{ἕως}) ὀ. did not end till late, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.108; so ἐς ὀψέ [prev. author] 8.23)]; but εἰς ὀ. ψηφίζεσθαι continue voting till late in the day, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.15.)]
3 with genitive, ὀ. τῆς ἡμέρας late in the day, ἤδη γὰρ τῆς ἡμέρας ὀ. ἦν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.93, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.1.23; τῆς δ᾽ ὥρας ἐγίγνετ᾽ ὀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.84)]; ὀ. τῆς ἡλικίας late in life, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 14, compare “Am.” 37.)]
4 as preposition with genitive, ὀ. τούτων after these things, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.10, compare 4.18)]; so perhaps ὀ. σαββάτων after the sabbath day, [NT (NT.Matt.28.1.—For the _comparative_ and _superlative_ _adverbs_ see at {ὄψιος}.)]