Lexicon opsimos: the latter rain Original Word: ὄψιμος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: opsimos Phonetic Spelling: (op'-sim-os) Short Definition: late in the year Definition: late, latter. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom opseDefinitionthe latter rain NASB Translationlate (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3797: ὄψιμοςὄψιμος, ὄψιμον ( ὀψέ), late, latter ( Homer, Iliad 2, 325; ὀψιμωτατος σπόρος, Xenophon, oec. 17, 4f; ἐν τοῖς ὀψιμοις τῶν ὑδάτων, of the time of subsidence of the waters of the Nile, Diodorus 1, 10; (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 51f)): ὄψιμον ὑετόν, the latter or vernal rain, which falls chiefly in the months of March and April just before the harvest (opposed to the autumnal or πρώϊμος (cf. B. D. under the word )), James 5:7 (but L T Tr WH omit ὑετόν, the Sinaiticus manuscript and a few other authorities substitute καρπόν); the Sept. for מַלְקושׁ, Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zechariah 10:1.
Strong's spring rain From opse; later, i.e. Vernal (showering) -- latter. see GREEK opse |
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