adverb

opse

Greekὀψέ (opse)

Strong’sG3796

late, in the evening

stem opse-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books

Translated as

after1×evening1×in the evening1×late1×

What it means

ὀψέ,

adv. of time,

[in LXX: Ge 24:11, Ex 30:8 (עֶרֶב, הָעַרְבַּיִם בֵּין), Je 2:23; τὸ ὀ., Is 5:11 (נֶשֶׁף)*;]

1. long after, late.

2. late in the day, at evening (opp. to πρωί); in late writers used almost as an indecl. noun (v. MM, xviii): Mk 11:11, 19 13:35.

3. C. gen., late in or on; and, in late writers also after (M, Pr., 72 f.), a sense which seems to be required in Mt 28:1.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3796 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidop-seh'

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

Fromfrom the same as G3694 (through the idea of backwardness);

King James(at) even, in the end.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

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Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

opse3×

Mark 11:11“late”Kai eiserchata eis Hierosolumeim eis tem hierem; kai peribleperatos panteim opse ēdē arōtau tau hōrau exerchata eis Bēthanian meta toiu dōdeka.Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Mark 11:19“evening”Kai hotan opse gineta, ekporeuele exō tau politau.And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.

Mark 13:35“in the evening”grēgoravōr oun, ouk oidavē gar pote tos kurios tau oikiau erchetō, ē opse ē mesonuktiem ē alektorofōniau ē prōi,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.

Opse1×

Matthew 28:1“after”Opse de sabbateiu, ta epifōskarōta eis henan sabbateiu, erchata Mariam tas Magdalēnas kai tas allas Marias theōrara ton tafon.After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.