What does ὀψέ (opsé) mean in the Bible?
ὀψέ (opsé) is a Greek word meaning "(adverbially) late in the day; by extension, after the close of the day".
Greek · G3796
ὀψέ
(Adverbially) late in the day; by extension, after the close of the day
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ὀψέG3796
Pronunciationopsé
What does ὀψέ (opsé) mean in the Bible?
ὀψέ (opsé) is a Greek word meaning "(adverbially) late in the day; by extension, after the close of the day".
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How does the BSB render G3796?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include After (1), evening (1), in the evening (1), late (1).
Where does ὀψέ (opsé) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 28:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (3), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItAfter1×Matthew 28:1
evening1×Mark 11:19
in the evening1×Mark 13:35
late1×Mark 11:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 28:1
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark3
Source forms
ὀψὲ3xopseMark 11:11, Mark 11:19, Mark 13:35
Ὀψὲ1xOpseMatthew 28:1
Parsing patterns
Adverb3xMark 11:11, Mark 11:19, Mark 13:35
Preposition1xMatthew 28:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. (adverbially) late in the day; by extension, after the close of the day
Strong'sG3796
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
(adverbially) late in the day; by extension, after the close of the day
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
1long after, late.
2late 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.
3C. 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.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 28:1Adverb
Ὀψὲoye
late, in the evening
Read verseMark 11:19Adverb
ὀψὲoye
late, in the evening
Read verseMark 13:35Adverb
ὀψέ,oye
late, in the evening
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms4
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Mark 11:11 · Mark 11:19 · Mark 13:353×
Matt 28:11×
Word Origins
ὀψέ is built from this root: