ὀψέ (apparently from ὄπις; see ὀπίσω, at the beginning), adverb of time, after a long time, long after, late; a. especially late in the day (namely, τῆς ἡμέρας, which is often added, as Thucydides 4, 93; Xenophon, Hellen. 2, 1, 23), i. e. at evening (Homer, Thucydides, Plato, others; for ςΖαΖψ ςΕϊ, Gen_24:11): (Mar_11:1-33 :( T Tr marginal reading WH text (cf. Plutarch, Alex. 16,1)),; . b. with a genitive (Winer's Grammar, § 54, 6), ὀψέ σαββάτων, the sabbath having just passed, after the sabbath, i. e.: at the early dawn of the first day of the week (an interpretation absolutely demanded by the added specification τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ κτλ.), Mat_28:1 cf. Mar_16:1 (ὀψέ τῶν βασιλέως χρόνων, long after the times of the king, Plutarch, Num_1:1-54; ὀψέ μυστηρίων, the mysteries being over, Philostr. vit. Apoll. 4, 18); (but an examination of the instances just cited (and others) will show that they fail to sustain the rendering after (although it is recognized by Passow, Pape, Schenkl, and other lexicographers); ὀψέ followed by a genitive seems always to be partitive, denoting late in the period specified by the genitive (and consequently still belonging to it), cf. Buttmann, § 132, 7 Rem.; Kühner, § 414, 5 c. β. Hence, in Matthew, the passage cited 'late on the sabbath'). Keim, iii, p. 552f (English translation, vi., 303f) endeavors to relieve the passage differently (by adopting the Vulg.vesperesabbati, on the evening of the sabbath), but without success. ((Cf. Keil, Comm. über Matth. at the passage.))

ὀψέ opse 3x can function as an improper pre p., late; put for the first watch, at evening, Mar_11:19 ; Mar_13:35 ; ὀψὲ σαββάτων , after the close of the Sabbath, Mat_28:1

ὀψέ , adv. of time, [in LXX : Gen_24:11 , Exo_30:8 ( H6153 , H6153 H996 ), Jer_2:23 ; τὸ ὀ ., Isa_5:11 ( H5399 ) * ;] 1. long after, late. 2. late in the day, at evening ( opp . to πρωί ); in late writers used almost as an indecl . noun ( v. MM , xviii): Mar_11:11 ; Mar_11:19 ; Mar_13:35 . 3. C. gen ., 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 .†

ὀψέ [page 470] For ὀψέ , late, cf. P Oxy XIV. 1679 .12 (iii/A.D.) λείαν γὰρ ὀψαί ( l. ὀψέ ) σοι ταῦτα ἔγραψα , for I am writing this to you very late (Edd.). The word is construed with a partitive gen. in such phrases as P Par 35 .15 (B.C. 163) ὀψὲ τῆς ὥρας : cf. Philostratus ( ap. Kayser II. p. 171 .4 ) ὀψὲ τῶν Τρωικῶν , at a late stage in the Trojan war. This would support the RV rendering of Mat_28:1 ὀψὲ [δὲ ] σαββάτων , late on the sabbath day ; but Blass now prefers after the sabbath day, in accordance with ὀψὲ τούτων , after these things, again from Philostratus ( ap. Kayser I. p. 213 .84 ), and other similar passages from late Greek : see Blass-Debrunner § 164. 4 and the discussion in Moulton Proleg. p. 72 f. In P Hamb I. 27 .13 (B.C. 250) the writer states that he has received the yokes of oxen late yesterday, so as to be ready to work to-day ἐχθὲς ὀψέ , ὥστε εἰς τὴν σήμερον ἐργάζεσθαι . Ὀψέ is used practically as an indeclinable noun in P Lond 1177 .66 (A.D. 113) (= 111. p. 183) ἀπὸ πρωΐας ἕως ὀψἐ . Among other items in an account, P Tebt I. 121 (B.C. 94 or 61), we find ὀψὲ οἴνου κε (ράμια ) β̄᾽Γ̄ .

ὀψέ "after a long time, late", Lat. sero, Hom. , etc.; ὀψὲ διδάσκεσθαι or μανθάνειν to be "late" in learning, learn "too late", Aesch. , Soph. "late in the day, at even", opp. to πρωί, Hom. , Thuc. , etc.; ὀψὲ ἦν, ὀψὲ ἐγίγνετο it was, it was getting, "late", Xen. ; so, ἐς ὀψέ Thuc. c. gen., ὀψὲ τῆς ἡμέρας "late" in the day, Livy's "serum diei", id=Thuc. ; so, τῆς ὥρας ἐγίγνετο ὀψέ Dem. ; ὀψὲ τῆς ἡλικίας "late" in life, Luc.

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)