Strong’s G2073 · Greek
ἑσπέρα
hespéra
Definition
Etymology
feminine of an adjective hesperos (evening); the eve (G5610 (ὥρα) being implied)
Where the KJV renders it
- evening(-tide)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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