ὄψιος
ópsios · G3798 · Greek · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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late, late in the day
Pertaining to a point near the end of a day (normally after sunset but before night)
ExamplesJohn 20:19 Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were together due to fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
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evening
The period after sunset and before darkness (compare ἑσπέρα (hespéra, G2073))
ExamplesMatthew 8:16 Now when evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill.
Matthew 14:15 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is secluded and the hour is already past to eat; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
Matthew 14:23 After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
14 occurrences in 2 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 13
- εἰμίto be 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὥραhour, time 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἑσπέρα hespéra · G2073 · evening
- Both denote the evening period of the day, with ὄψιος referring to late afternoon or evening hours (used adjectivally or substantivally) and ἑσπέρα denoting evening or eventide, representing overlapping temporal reference to the same part of the day.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Evening67.197
- This domain covers ὄψιος naming the evening as a time of day, as Mark records the crowds gathering for healing: “When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed.” (Mark 1:32)
- Late, late in the day67.76
- Here ὄψιος marks a late point in the day itself, as Matthew records Jesus' feeding of the five thousand: “Now when it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, ‘This place is desolate and the hour is already late.’” (Matthew 14:15)
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀψία, ὀψιον (ὀψέ), late; 1. as an adjective ((Pindar) Thucydides, Demosthenes, Aristotle,…
1. as an adjective ((Pindar) Thucydides, Demosthenes, Aristotle, Theophrastus, others; (Lob. ad Phryn., p. 51f)): ἡ ὥρα, Mk 11:11 (but T Tr marginal reading WH text ὀψέ, which see) (ὀψία ἐν νυκτί, Pindar Isthm. 4, 59).
2. contrary to the usage of secular authors ἡ ὀψία as a substantive (namely, ὥρα (cf. Winers Grammar, 591f (550); Buttmann, 82 (71))), evening: i. e. either from our three to six o'clock p. m., Mt 8:16; Mt 14:15; Mt 27:57; Mk 4:35; or from our six o'clock p. m. to the beginning of night, Mt 14:23; Mt 16:2 there T brackets WH reject the passage); Mt 20:8; ; Mk 1:32; Mk 6:47; Mk 14:17; Mk 15:42; Jn 6:16; Jn 20:19,(hence, הָעַרְבַּיִם בֵּין, between the two evenings, Ex 12:6; Ex 16:12; Ex 29:39 (cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, p. 1064f (and addit. et emend., p. 103); B. D. under the word )). Besides only in Judith 13:1.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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