King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2073
Transliteration: hespera
Phonetic Spelling: (hes-per'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: evening
Meaning: evening
ἑσπέρα, ἑσπέρας, ἡ (ἕσπερος of or at evening), evening, even-tide: Acts 4:3; Acts 28:23; πρός ἑσπέραν ἐστιν, it is toward evening, Luke 24:29. (From Pindar and Herodotus down.)
Word Summary
hespera: evening
Original Word: ἑσπέραTransliteration: hespera
Phonetic Spelling: (hes-per'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: evening
Meaning: evening
Strong's Concordance
evening. Feminine of an adjective hesperos (evening); the eve (hora being implied) -- evening(-tide).
see GREEK hora
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2073: ἑσπέραἑσπέρα, ἑσπέρας, ἡ (ἕσπερος of or at evening), evening, even-tide: Acts 4:3; Acts 28:23; πρός ἑσπέραν ἐστιν, it is toward evening, Luke 24:29. (From Pindar and Herodotus down.)
STRONGS NT 2073a: ἑσπερινός [ἑσπερινός, ἑσπερινῇ, ἑσπερινον, belonging to the evening, evening: φυλακή, Luke 12:38 WH (rejected) marginal reading (the Sept.; Xenophon, Dio Cassius, Athen., others.)