HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6153
עֶ֫רֶב
e.rev — evening
1) evening, night, sunset 1a) evening, sunset 1b) night
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Evening
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G3798
ὀψία
opsia — evening
ὄψιος, -α, -ον (ὀψέ), late: ἡ ὥρα, Mrk.11:11 (Rec., WH, mg.). In late writers, ἡ ὀψία (sc. ὥρα), as subst., evening [in LXX: Jdth.13:1*]: Mat.8:16 14:15, 23 16:2 20:8 26:20 27:57, Mrk.1:32 4:35 6:47 14:17 15:42, Jhn.6:16 20:10.† (AS)
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2073
ἑσπέρα
hespera — evening
ἑσπέρα, -ας, ἡ (prop, fem, of ἕσπερος), [in LXX chiefly for עָרַב ;] (a) (sc. ὥρα), evening: Luk.24:29, Act.4:3 20:15 28:23; (b) (so. χώρα), the west.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3117
יוֹם
yom — day
: day/when/time/period 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow
1834 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6437
פָּנָה
pa.nah — to turn
1) to turn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn toward or from or away 1a2) to turn and do 1a3) to turn, decline (of day) 1a4) to turn toward, approach (of evening) 1a5) to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for 1b) (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to turn 1c2) to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back 1d) (Hophal) to be turned back
114 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5399
נֶ֫שֶׁף
ne.sheph — twilight
1) twilight 1a) evening twilight 1b) morning twilight
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3796
ὀψέ
opse — late
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)
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עָרַב
a.rav — to grow dark
1) to become evening, grow dark 1a) (Qal) to become evening, grow dark 1b) (Hiphil) to spend the evening, do at evening
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6445
ἀποκλίνω
apoklinō — to turn off
1. to turn off or aside , τι (Odyssey by Homer): to turn back , (Homeric Hymns):—;Pass., of the day, to decline, get towards evening , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. Pass. to be upset , (Demosthenes Orator) 3. intransitive in Act. to turn aside or off the road , (Xenophon Historicus); πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἀποκλίνοντι as one turns to go Eastward, (Herdotus Historicus) 4. often in bad sense, to fall away, decline, degenerate , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἐπὶ τὸ ῥαιθυμεῖν (Demosthenes Orator):—;and without bad sense, to have a leaning, be favourably disposed , πρός τινα (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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δείλη
deilē — afternoon
1. afternoon , ἔσσεται ἢ ἠὼς ἢ δείλη ἢ μέσον ἦμαρ (Iliad by Homer); divided into early and late ( πρωί̈α and ὀψία), περὶ δείλην πρωί̈ην, or δείλης ὀψίης (Herdotus Historicus); τῆς δείλης in the course of the afternoon , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. the late afternoon, evening , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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ἑσπερινός
hesperinos — during evening
ἑσπερινός, -ή, -όν (= the more frequently ἑσπέριος, -α, -ον), [in LXX for עֶרֶב, 4Ki.16:15, Psa.141:2, al. ;] of the evening, evening: Luk.12:38 (WH, - mg. -).† (AS)
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λαμπτήρ
lamptēr — a torch
1. a stand or grate for pine and other wood used for lighting rooms , (Odyssey by Homer); ὧ χαῖρε, λ. νυκτός thou that lightest up the night, of the beacon-fire, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἕσπεροι λαμπτῆρες the evening watch-fires , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. generally, = λαμπάς 1 (Euripides) (ML)
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The period following sunset with which the Jewish day began (Gen. 1:5; Mark 13:35). The Hebrews reckoned two evenings of each day, as appears from Ex. 16:12: 30:8; 12:6 (marg.); Lev. 23:5 (marg. R.V., “between the two evenings”). The “first evening” was that period when the sun was verging towards setting, and the “second evening” the moment of actual sunset. The word “evenings” in Jer. 5:6 should be “deserts” (marg. R.V.).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.