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GreekG3796Adverb

ὀψέ

opse

3Occurrences
G3796Strong's #
AdverbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

(adverbially) late in the day; by extension, after the close of the day

from the same as G3694 (ὀπίσω) (through the idea of backwardness);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
in late writers used almost as an indecl. noun (see MM, xviii).
3.C. genitive, late in or on; and, in late writers also after, a sense which seems to be required in .
LXX: (עֶרֶב, עֶרֶב בֵּין); τὸ ὀ., (נֶשֶׁף)*

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adverb

Morphology Code

G:ADV

Full Description

Greek Adverb

Occurrences

ὀψέ appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Mark
2
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Matthew 28:1BSB

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

Mark 11:19BSB

And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.

Mark 13:35BSB

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.