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Strong's #2073 - ἑσπέρα
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ἑσπέρα,
Ion. ἐσθ-έρη, ἡ, prop. fem. of ἕσπερος: I (sc. ὥρα),
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1. evening, ἑσπέρας at eve, Pi. P. 4.40, Eup. 322, Pl. Phd. 59e, al.; τῆς ἑσπέρας Alex. 125.7; also ἑσπέρην Hp. Mul. 2.121; ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς just at nightfall, Th. 3.112; ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ Pi. P. 11.10; πρὸς ἑσπέραν towards evening, Ar. V. 1085, X. HG 1.1.30, Luke 24:29; εἰς ἑσπέραν Pl. Smp. 223d; ἐπειδὴ ἑσπέρα ἦν ib. 220c; ἐπεὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἦν X. HG 4.3.22; ἑσπέρας γιγνομένης Pl. R. 621a; περὶ ἑσπέραν βαθεῖαν late in the evening, Plu. 2.179e: metaph., ὁ βίος ἑσπέραν ἄγει life is wearing to its eve, Alex. 228; ἑ. βίον Anon. ap. Arist. Po. 1457b24: pl., διχομήνιδες ἑσπέραι evenings when the moon is full, Pi. I. 8(7).47.
2. night, μίαν ἑ. αὐλισάμενος J. BJ 5.2.1.
II (sc. χώρα) the west, πρὸς ἑσπέραν φέρει E. Or. 1260; ἡ πρὸς ἑσπέρην [χώρη] Hdt. 1.82, cf. 3.115; τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρης Id. 8.130, 132, 4.38; τὰ πρὸς ἑσπέραν Th. 6.2; τὴν ἀνατολὴν ποιεῖσθαι ἀφ' ἑσπέρας Arist. Mete. 345a3, cf. 344b34; τὰ πνεύματα πνεῖ τῆς δείλης ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. Thphr. Vent. 47: metaph. in political sense, τὰ προφαινόμενα ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. νέφη Plb. 5.104.9, cf. 9.37.10: Ἑ., ἡ, the Western Empire, Agath. 4.29, 5.16.
ἑσπέρα, ἑσπέρας, ἡ (ἕσπερος of or at evening), evening, even-tide: Acts 4:3; Acts 28:23; πρός ἑσπέραν ἐστιν, it is toward evening, Luke 24:29. (From Pindar and Herodotus down.)
STRONGS NT 2073a: ἑσπερινός [ἑσπερινός, ἑσπερινῇ, ἑσπερινον, belonging to the evening, evening: φυλακή, Luke 12:38 WH (rejected) marginal reading (the Sept.; Xenophon, Dio Cassius, Athen., others.)
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ἑσπέρα , -ας , ἡ
(prop, fem, of ἕσπερος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H6148;]
(a) (sc. ὥρα ), evening: Luke 24:29, Acts 4:3; Acts 20:15; Acts 28:23;
(b) (so. χώρα ), the west.†
ἑσπερινός , -ή , -όν
(= the more freq. ἑσπέριος , -α , -ον ),
[in LXX for H6153, 2 Kings 16:15, Psalms 141:2, al.;]
of the evening, evening: Luke 12:38 (WH, - mg. -).†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
With Luke 24:29 cf. P Par 69 (A.D. 233) πράξας περὶ ἑσπέραν. The word is found in the fragment of a lost Gospel P Oxy IV. 655.2 ἀφ᾽ ἑσπ [έρας ἕως π ]ρωί. In ib. VIII. 1163.2 (v/A.D.) it refers to locality—τῇ τετράδι καταλαβὼν εἰς ἑσ ̣πέραν τὴν Δαρνιτῶν, ";I arrived on the 4th at the western border of Darne"; (Ed.) : cf. Preisigke 4651.11 (A.D. 250–1) καθ᾽ [ἑ ]σπέ [ρ ]αν οἰκία ̣ς. For the rough, instead of the smooth, breathing taking the place of an original simple ϝ see Brugmann-Thumb, p. 52. MGr σπέρα.
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