Evening
ἑσπέραStrong’s G2073hespera
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hespera is the Greek word usually translated “evening”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “evening”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- evening 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 4:3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
- Acts 28:23And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Greek dictionary
ἑσπέρα hespera · evening
ἑσπέρα, -ας, ἡ (prop, fem, of ἕσπερος), [in LXX chiefly for עָרַב ;] (a) (sc. ὥρα), evening: Luk.24:29, Act.4:3 20:15 28:23; (b) (so. χώρα), the west.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “evening” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
E'VENING, noun
[See Eve, Even.]
The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly the decline or fall of the day, or of the sun.
- “The evening and the morning were the first day” Genesis 1:5
- The decline or latter part of life.
- The decline of any thing; as the evening of glory.
All definitions and other forms of “evening”
E'VENING, adjective
Being at the close of day; as the evening sacrifice.
E'VENING SONG, noun
A hymn or song to be sung at evening
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.