G3797

ὄψιμος

opsimosG:A

late (rain)

ὄψιμος, -ον (ὀψέ), [in LXX: Deu.11:14, Pro.16:15, Hos.6:4 (3), Jol.2:23, Zec.10:1, Jer.5:24 (מַלְקוֹשׁ), Exo.9:32 (אָפִיל)* ;] poët. and late for ὄψιος, late: ὑετὸς ὄ., the latter rain (see DB, see word "rain"), with ellipsis of ὑετός (see WM, 740), Ja 57.† (AS)

The KJV translates G3797 in the following manner:

latter (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ὄψιμος — ópsimos

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 )), Jas 5:7 (but L T Tr WH omit ὑετόν, the Sinaiticus manuscript and a few other authorities substitute καρπόν); the Sept. for מַלְקושׁ, Deu 11:14; Jer 5:24; Hos 6:3; Joe 2:23; Zec 10:1.

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