Opsimos means “latter” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3797 — kethal (“wall”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3797 ὄψιμος (opsimos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. opsimos (op'-sim-os) adj. 1. later, i.e. vernal (showering) [from G3796] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include latter. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
opsimos (op'-sim-os) adj. 1. later, i.e. vernal (showering) [from G3796] KJV: latter Root(s): G3796
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3797. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
late (rain)
Usage: ὄψιμος, -ον (ὀψέ), [in LXX: Deu.11:14, Pro.16:15, Hos.6:4 (3), Jol.2:23, Zec.10:1, Jer.5:24 (מַלְקוֹשׁ), Exo.9:32 (אָפִיל)* ;] poët. and late for ὄψιος, late: ὑετὸς ὄ., the latter rain (see DB, see word "rain"), with ellipsis of ὑετός (see WM, 740), Ja 57.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render opsimos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3797 (ὄψιμος) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
7 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were late.
then he shall give to thy land the early and latter rain in its season, and thou shalt bring in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
The son of a king is in the light of life; And they that are in favor with him are as a cloud of latter rain.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3797.
But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were late.
then he shall give to thy land the early and latter rain in its season, and thou shalt bring in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
The son of a king is in the light of life; And they that are in favor with him are as a cloud of latter rain.
and they have not said in their heart, Let us fear now the Lord our God, who gives us the early and latter rain, according to the season of the fulfillment of the ordinance of harvest, and has preserved it for us.
let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.
Rejoice then and be glad, ye children of Zion, in the Lord your God: for he has given you food fully, and he will rain on you the early and the latter rain, as before.
Ask ye of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them abundant rain, to everyone grass in the field.
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3797, grouped by book.
Opsimos (Strong's G3797) is a Greek word most simply glossed "latter". opsimos (op'-sim-os) adj. 1. later, i.e. vernal (showering) [from G3796]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G3797 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3797 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as latter. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3797, with linked reader references where each row is available.