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Evening

The period following sunset with which the Jewish day began (Gen. 1:5; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work
  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G2073, G3798, H6160, H6256, H6153
Hebrew
עֲרָבָה · ʻărâbâh
Greek
ἑσπέρα · hespera

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἑσπέρα

G2073
Transliteration
hespera
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

evening, evening(-tide)

Lexicon definition

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)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὀψία

G3798
Transliteration
opsia
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:A
Indexed occurrences
15

Glosses

evening, even(-ing, (-tide))

Lexicon definition

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)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עֲרָבָה

H6160
Transliteration
ʻărâbâh
Pronunciation
ar-aw-baw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
61

Glosses

Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026 (בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה).

Lexicon definition

a desert

especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עֵת

H6256
Transliteration
ʻêth
Pronunciation
ayth
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
296

Glosses

[phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.

Lexicon definition

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עָרַב

H6148
Transliteration
ʻârab
Pronunciation
aw-rab'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
22

Glosses

engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.

Lexicon definition

to braid, i.e. intermix

technically, to traffic (as if by barter)

also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עָרַב

H6150
Transliteration
ʻârab
Pronunciation
aw-rab'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

be darkened, (toward) evening.

Lexicon definition

to grow dusky at sundown

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Evening

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.).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Evening

Indexed occurrences: 137

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Strong's Concordance

Evenings

Indexed occurrences: 2

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All Scripture references169 references

Genesis 13

Exodus 12

Leviticus 30

Numbers 13

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 4

Judges 4

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 3

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

Job 3

Psalms 10

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 5

Daniel 3

Amos 1

Habakkuk 1

Zephaniah 2

Zechariah 1

Matthew 7

Mark 9

Luke 6

John 7

Acts 2

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Ancient Context2 items
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Arabia

evening; desert; ravens

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Cock-crowing

In our Lord's time the Jews had adopted the Greek and Roman division of the night into four watches, each consisting of three hours, the first beginning at six o'clock in the evening (Luke 12:38; Matt. 14:25; Mark 6:48). But the ancient division, known as the first and second cock-crowing, was still retained. The cock usually crows several times soon after midnight (this is the first crowing), and again at the dawn of day (and this is the second crowing). Mark mentions (14:30) the two cock-crowings. Matthew (26:34) alludes to that only which was emphatically the cock-crowing, viz, the second.

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Daily sacrifice

(Dan. 8:12; 11:31; 12:11), a burnt offering of two lambs of a year old, which were daily sacrificed in the name of the whole Israelitish people upon the great altar, the first at dawn of day, and the second at evening (Dan. 9:21), or more correctly, "between the two evenings." (See [141]SACRIFICE.)

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Dine

(Gen. 43:16). It was the custom in Egypt to dine at noon. But it is probable that the Egyptians took their principal meal in the evening, as was the general custom in the East (Luke 14:12).

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Evening

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.).

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Hour

First found in Dan. 3:6; 4:19, 33;5:5. It is the rendering of the Chaldee shaah, meaning a "moment," a "look." It is used in the New Testament frequently to denote some determinate season (Matt. 8:13; Luke 12:39). With the ancient Hebrews the divisions of the day were "morning, evening, and noon-day" (Ps. 55:17, etc.). The Greeks, following the Babylonians, divided the day into twelve hours. The Jews, during the Captivity, learned also from the Babylonians this method of dividing time. When Judea became subject to the Romans, the Jews adopted the Roman mode of reckoning time. The night was divided into four watches (Luke 12:38; Matt. 14:25; 13:25). Frequent allusion is also made to hours (Matt. 25:13; 26:40, etc.). (See [287]DAY.) An hour was the twelfth part of the day, reckoning from sunrise to sunset, and consequently it perpetually varied in length.

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Lamb

(1.) Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year. Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice (Ex. 29:38-42), on the Sabbath day (Num. 28:9), at the feast of the New Moon (28:11), of Trumpets (29:2), of Tabernacles (13-40), of Pentecost (Lev. 23:18-20), and of the Passover (Ex. 12:5), and on many other occasions (1 Chr. 29:21; 2 Chr. 29:21; Lev. 9:3; 14:10-25). (2.) Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb (1 Sam. 7:9; Isa. 65:25). In the symbolical language of Scripture the lamb is the type of meekness and innocence (Isa. 11:6; 65:25; Luke 10:3; John 21:15). The lamb was a symbol of Christ (Gen. 4:4; Ex. 12:3; 29:38; Isa. 16:1; 53:7; John 1:36; Rev. 13:8). Christ is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29, 36), as the great sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types (Num. 6:12; Lev. 14:12-17; Isa. 53:7; 1 Cor. 5:7).

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Orion

Heb. Kesil; i.e., "the fool", the name of a constellation (Job 9:9; 38:31; Amos 5:8) consisting of about eighty stars. The Vulgate renders thus, but the LXX. renders by Hesperus, i.e., "the evening-star," Venus. The Orientals "appear to have conceived of this constellation under the figure of an impious giant bound upon the sky." This giant was, according to tradition, Nimrod, the type of the folly that contends against God. In Isa. 13:10 the plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered "constellations."

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Supper

The principal meal of the day among the Jews. It was partaken of in the early part of the evening (Mark 6:21; John 12:2; 1 Cor. 11:21). (See LORD'S [612]SUPPER.)

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Winnow

Corn was winnowed, (1.) By being thrown up by a shovel against the wind. As a rule this was done in the evening or during the night, when the west wind from the sea was blowing, which was a moderate breeze and fitted for the purpose. The north wind was too strong, and the east wind came in gusts. (2.) By the use of a fan or van, by which the chaff was blown away (Ruth 3:2; Isa. 30:24; Jer. 4:11, 12; Matt. 3:12).

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