ὄψιμος
opsimos
G3797
G:A
Greek
late (rain)
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Opsimos denotes the late rain awaited by the farmer in a call for patient expectation.
The attested use identifies the late rain in the farmer’s period of waiting, set alongside the early rain in James 5:7.
Senses in use
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Late rain awaited by the farmer · dominant
In James 5:7, the accusative singular masculine form occurs in the picture of a farmer waiting patiently for the earth’s precious fruit until receiving what the APB renders “the early and the late.” The verse’s agricultural waiting supplies the observed setting for the late rain.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In James 5:7, the APB presents the clause as receiving “the early and the late”; Its specific English contribution is only clear at the paired-clause level.