ἑσπέρα, ἑσπέρας, ἡ (ἕσπερος of or at evening), evening, even-tide: Act_4:3; Act_28:23; πρός ἑσπέραν ἐστιν, it is toward evening, Luk_24:29. (From Pindar and Herodotus down.) STRONGS NT 2073a: ἑσπερινός [ἑσπερινός, ἑσπερινῇ, ἑσπερινον, belonging to the evening, evening: φυλακή, Luk_12:38 WH (rejected) marginal reading (the Sept.; Xenophon, Dio Cassius, Athen., others.)]

ἑσπέρα hespera 3x evening, Luk_24:29 ; Act_4:3 ; Act_28:23

ἑσπέρα , -ας , ἡ ( prop , fem, of ἕσπερος ), [in LXX chiefly for H6148 ;] (a) ( sc . ὥρα ), evening: Luk_24:29 , Act_4:3 ; Act_20:15 ; Act_28:23 ; (b) (so. χώρα ), the west.† ἑσπερινός , -ή , -όν ( = the more freq . ἑσπέριος , -α , -ον ), [in LXX for H6153 , 2Ki_16:15 , Psa_141:2 , al. ;] of the evening, evening: Luk_12:38 ( WH , - mg . -).†

ἑσπέρα [page 256] With Luk_24:29 cf. P Par 69 (A.D. 233) πράξας περὶ ἑσπέραν . The word is found in the fragment of a lost Gospel P Oxy IV. 655 .2 ἀφ᾽ ἑσπ [έρας ἕως π ]ρωί . In ib. VIII. 1163 .2 (v/A.D.) it refers to locality τῇ τετράδι καταλαβὼν εἰς ἑσ̣πέραν τὴν Δαρνιτῶν , I arrived on the 4th at the western border of Darne (Ed.) : cf. Preisigke 4651 .11 (A.D. 250 1) καθ᾽ [ἑ ]σπέ [ρ ]αν οἰκία̣ς . For the rough, instead of the smooth, breathing taking the place of an original simple ϝ see Brugmann-Thumb, p. 52. MGr σπέρα .

ἑσπέρα Lat. vespera, properly fem. of ἕσπερος: (sub. ὥρα), "evening, eventide, eve", Hdt. ; ἑσπέρας "at eve", Plat. , etc.; ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς just at "nightfall", Thuc. ; πρὸς ἑσπέρᾳ Ar. ; ἐπεὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἦν Xen. ; ἑσπέρας γιγνομένης Plat. (sub. χώρα), "the west", Lat. occidens, Eur. ; ἡ πρὸς ἑσπέρην χώρη the country to "the west", Hdt. ; τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρης id=Hdt. ; τὰ πρὸς ἑσπέραν Thuc.

ἑσπέρα, -ας, ἡ (prop, fem, of ἕσπερος), [in LXX chiefly for עָרַב ;] __(a) (sc. ὥρα), evening: Luk.24:29, Act.4:3 20:15 28:23; __(b) (so. χώρα), the west.† (AS)