late

Greek Adverb

ὀψέ, adv. of time [in LXX: Gen.24:11, Exo.30:8 (עֶרֶב, עֶרֶב בֵּין), Jer.2:23; τὸ ὀ, Isa.5:11 (נֶשֶׁף)*;] 1) long after, late. 2) late in the day, at evening (opposite to πρωί); in late writers used almost as an indecl. noun (see MM, xviii): Mrk.11:11, 19 13:35. 3) C. genitive, late in or on; and, in late writers also after (M, Pr., 72 f.), a sense which seems to be required in Mat.28:1. (AS)

late

Greek Adverb

ὀψέ, Aeolic dialect ὄψι (which see), adverb after a long time, at length, late, ἔκ τε καὶ ὀ. τελεῖ, opposed to αὐτίκα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀ. διδάσκεσθαι, μανθάνειν, to be late in learning, learn too late, [Refs 8th c.BC+] b) ὀ. ἀφ᾽ οὗ. it is not long since, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) late in the day, at even, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀφλεῖν. ὀ. ὁδοῦ incur a penalty for being out late at night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; late in the season, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀ. ἦν, ὀ. ἐγίγνετο, it was, it was getting, late, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ μάχη ἐτελεύτα ἐς (variant{ἕως}) ὀ. did not end till late, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but εἰς ὀ. ψηφίζεσθαι continue voting till late in the day, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) with genitive, ὀ. τῆς ἡμέρας late in the day, ἤδη γὰρ τῆς ἡμέρας ὀ. ἦν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀ. τῆς ἡλικίας late in life, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 4) as preposition with genitive, ὀ. τούτων after these things, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so perhaps ὀ. σαββάτων after the sabbath day, [NT]

Greek

(adverbially) late in the day; by extension, after the close of the day; (at) even, in the end; from the same as g3694 (ὀπίσω) (through the idea of backwardness)