Even; Evening; Eventide e'-v'-n, ev'-ning, ev-'-n-tid' ("even," "evening," 'erebh; opsia, opse; see Thayer under the word):
The words are used in slightly different meanings:
(1) The time of sunset, the beginning of the Hebrew day, as in Leviticus 15:1, where directions are given for the removal of uncleanness, which took place at sunset.
(2) Twilight, the time of approaching darkness when lamps are lighted; Exodus 30:8 (literally, "between the two evenings"); Jeremiah 6:4 ("the shadows of the evening").
(3) The early part of the night (Proverbs 7:9, Ezekiel 12:7).
The Greek opse is literally, "late" (Mark 11:19). The Greek hespera, refers evidently to sunset, in Luke 24:29. "Eventide," `eth `erebh, "time of evening" (2 Samuel 11:2, Isaiah 17:14). "Evening," used in connection with wolves (Jeremiah 5:6, Zechariah 3:3), is from the Hebrew [`arabhah], which may mean "darkness" or "dark cloud," but more probably "plain" or "desert."
H. Porter