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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78257" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78257" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ὄψιμος''''' ''' (Strong'S #3797 — Adjective — opsimos — op'-sim-os ) </div> <p> akin to opse and opsios (see LATE), denotes "late," or "latter," and is used of "the latter rain" in James 5:7 (the most authentic mss. omit huetos, "rain;" some have karpos, "fruit"); this rain falls in March and April, just before the harvest, in contrast to the early rain, in October. In the Sept., Deuteronomy 11:14; Proverbs 16:15; Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zechariah 10:1 . </p> 1—Timothy 4:1Later 2—Peter 2:20Last. | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_137645" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_137645" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61270" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61270" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> LAT'TER, a. an irregular comparative of late. </p> 1. Coming or happening after something else opposed to former as the former and latter rain former or latter harvest. 2. [[Mentioned]] the last of two. <p> The difference between reason and revelation - and in what sense the latter is superior. </p> 3. Modern lately done or past as in these latter ages. | ||
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