STRONGS NUMBER G3703

Original Word: ὀπώρα
Transliteration: opōra
Phonetic Spelling: (op-o'-rah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: late summer, ripe fruits
Meaning: late summer, ripe fruitsfruit.

Apparently from the base of opse and hora; properly, even-tide of the (summer) season (dog-days), i.e. (by implication) ripe fruit -- fruit.

see GREEK opse

see GREEK hora

STRONGS NT 3703: ὀπώρα

ὀπώρα, ὀπωρας, ἡ (derived by some from ὄπις (cf. ὀπίσω), έ῾τομαι, and ὥρα; hence, the time that follows the ὥρα (Curtius, § 522); by others from ὀπός (cf. our sap) juice, and ὥρα, i. e. the time of juicy fruits, the time when fruits become ripe), from Homer down;

1. "the season which succeeds θέρος, from the rising of Sirius to that of Arcturus," i. e. late summer, early autumn, our dog-days (the year being divided into seven seasons as follows: ἔαρ, θέρος, ὀπώρα, φθινόπωρον, σπορητός, χειμών, φυταλία).

2. ripe fruits (of trees): σου τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ψυχῆς for ὧν ἡ ψυχή σου ἐπιθυμεῖ, Revelation 18:14. (Jeremiah 47:10 (), and often in Greek writings.)