Opse ὀψέ

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Opse
ὀψέ
Transliterationopse
Strong's numberG3796
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadverb
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Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inMark (2)

Opse (Greek ὀψέ, Strong's G3796) is a Greek adverb meaning “late”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVeven (2), end (1)
BSBevening (2), after (1), late (1)

Verses

Every verse with Opse, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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