Библейское слово «ἑσπέρα» в греческих словарях

ἑσπέρα, ион. ἑσπέρη ἡ

1) вечер: ἑσπέρας Pind., Arph. вечером; πρὸς ἑσπέρᾳ Arph., εἰς (τὴν) ἑσπέραν Xen., Plat. или πρὸς ἑσπέραν Xen. под вечер, к вечеру; ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ Pind. или περὶ ἑσπέραν βαθεῖαν Plut. поздним вечером; ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς Thuc. или εὐθὺς ἀφ᾽ ἑσπέρας Xen. с наступлением вечера; ἐπειδὴ ~ ἦν Plat., ἐπεὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἦν или ἑσπέρας (ἐπι)γενομένης Xen. когда наступил вечер;

2) перен. закат (βίου Arst.);

3) запад Arst.: τὰ πρὸς ἑσπέραν Thuc., ἡ πρὸς ἑσπέρην χώρη или τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρης Her. страны Запада, Запад; πρὸς ἑσπέραν Eur. к западу, с западной стороны; ὁ ἀφ᾽ ἑσπέρας Arst. западный.

ἕσπερα τά Hom. = ἑσπέρα 1.

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.†
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ἑσπέρα,
Ionic dialect ἑσπ-έρη, ἡ, properly feminine of ἕσπερος:
I (i.e. ὥρα), evening, ἑσπέρας at eve, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς just at nightfall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἑσπέραν towards evening, [NT+5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὴ ἑσπέρα ἦν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ ἑσπέραν βαθεῖαν late in the evening, [Refs 1st c.AD+] life is wearing to its eve, [Refs 4th c.BC+] evenings when the moon is full, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2 night, μίαν ἑ. αὐλισάμενος [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II (i.e. χώρα) the west, πρὸς ἑσπέραν φέρει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πνεύματα πνεῖ τῆς δείλης ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically in political sense, τὰ προφαινόμενα ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. νέφη [Refs 2nd c.BC+] the Western Empire, [Refs 6th c.AD+] Источник: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0