King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3797
Transliteration: opsimos
Phonetic Spelling: (op'-sim-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: the latter rain
Meaning: the latter rain
ὄψιμος, 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.
Word Summary
opsimos: the latter rain
Original Word: ὄψιμοςTransliteration: opsimos
Phonetic Spelling: (op'-sim-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: the latter rain
Meaning: the latter rain
Strong's Concordance
spring rainFrom opse; later, i.e. Vernal (showering) -- latter.
see GREEK opse
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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