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ὀψέStrong’s G3796

opse

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Opse is the Greek word usually translated “late”, “evening” and “at evening”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“In 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.”
Matthew 28:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “late”, “evening” and “at evening”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • late 1
  • evening 1
  • at evening 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Mark 2
  • Matthew 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὀψέ opse · late

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “late” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LATE, adjective

[This word is from the root of let, the sense of which is to draw out, extend or prolong, hence to be slow or late See Let. This adjective has regular terminations of the comparative and superlative degrees, later, latest, but it has also latter, and latest is often contracted into last.]

  1. Coming after the usual time; slow; tardy; long delayed; as a late spring; a late summer.
  2. Far advanced towards the end or close; as a late hour of the day.
  3. Last, or recently in any place, office or character; as the late ministry; the late administration.
  4. Existing not long ago, but now decayed or departed; as the late bishop of London.
All definitions and other forms of “late”
  1. Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as the late rains.

LATE, adverb

  1. After the usual time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late
  2. After the proper or usual season.
  3. Not long ago; lately.
  4. Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie a-bed late; to sit up late at night.

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.