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Strong's #3798 - ὄψιος
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- late
- evening
- either from three to six o'clock p.m.
- from six o'clock p.m. to the beginning of night
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ὄψιος, α, ον,
(ὀψέ)
I late, ὀψίᾳ ἐν νυκτί Pi. I. 4(3).35(53); ὅταν ἔαρ ὄ. γένηται Arist. HA 553b20, cf. 627b20; ὄ. σῦκα, πυροί, etc., Thphr. HP 2.8.1, 8.4.3, etc.; [ ᾠὰ] τὰ μὲν πρώϊα τὰ δ' ὄ. Arist. HA 543a10; cf. ὀψία.
II Att. Comp. ὀψιαίτερος, α, ον, later, Id. Mete. 362a24, al., Thphr. CP 1.10.5: Sup. ὀψιαίτατος, η, ον, X. HG 5.4.3: hence ὀψιαίτερον as Adv., Comp. of ὀψέ, Pl. Cra. 433a, Thphr. HP 3.2.1, Eub. 119.11: Sup. ὀψιαίτατα, opp. πρωϊαίτατα, Pl. Prt. 326c, X. HG 4.5.18, etc.: also Comp. ὀψιέστερος as v.l. in Thphr. (CP 4.8.3, HP 3.4.6): also shortd. form ὀψιτέρα, ἅλωσις Pi. Pae. 6.82; ὀψίτερον Plu. 2.119c; ὀψίτατον Poll. 1.69; ὀψίτερον τῆς ὥρας BGU 759.6 (ii A. D.), cf. PTeb. 230 (ii B. C.).
ὄψιος, ὀψία, ὀψιον (ὀψέ), late;
1. as an adjective ((Pindar) Thucydides, Demosthenes, Aristotle, Theophrastus, others; (Lob. ad Phryn., p. 51f)): ἡ ὥρα, Mark 11:11 (but T Tr marginal reading WH text ὀψέ, which see) (ὀψία ἐν νυκτί, Pindar Isthm. 4, 59).
2. contrary to the usage of secular authors ἡ ὀψία as a substantive (namely, ὥρα (cf. Winers Grammar, 591f (550); Buttmann, 82 (71))), evening: i. e. either from our three to six o'clock p. m., Matthew 8:16; Matthew 14:15; Matthew 27:57; Mark 4:35; or from our six o'clock p. m. to the beginning of night, Matthew 14:23; Matthew 16:2 there T brackets WH reject the passage);
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** ὄψιος , -α , -ον
(< ὀψέ ),
late: ἡ ὥρα , Mark 11:11 (Rec., WH, mg.). In late writers, ἡ ὀψία (sc. ὥρα ), as subst., evening
[in LXX: Judith 13:1*]:
Matthew 8:16; Matthew 14:15; Matthew 14:23; Matthew 16:2; Matthew 20:8; Matthew 26:20; Matthew 27:57, Mark 1:32; Mark 4:35; Mark 6:47; Mark 14:17; Mark 15:42, John 6:16; John 20:10.†
** ὀψία , -ας , ἡ , see ὄψιος .
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With παραπλησίως in Hebrews 2:14 = ";similarly,"; i.e. almost ";equally"; or ";also,"; Moffatt (ICC ad l.) compares Maxim. Tyr. vii. 2 καὶ ἐστὶν καὶ ὁ ἄρχων πόλεως μέρος, καὶ οἱ ἀρχόμενοι παραπλησίως.
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