7] Mark 1:32 and the Greek words used for Evening and Sunset    

 “And at even, when the sun did set they brought unto him all that were diseased …” 

In the New Testament, we once again read of two distinct and separate terms: at even and when the sun did set.

This is logical – for as we know, the sun does not set in the morning. The sun sets in the evening. There is no mystery or surprise here.

The Greek word for even is opsios. With the propositional word at (Greek - epi) applied to opsios we read at evening.

The Greek word for sunset or sun did set is duo helios.

Again, you are encouraged to look up the occurrences in the New Testament where the Greek words opsios and/or duo helios are used and you will once again see that each word/phrase is distinct and unique, used independently of one another. 

We see from both the Hebrew and the Greek languages that ba erev and epi opsios do not mean sunset, rather they both mean at even(ing).

Both the Hebrew and Greek phrases bow shemesh or duo helios mean sunset.

Just as in the English language, evening does not mean sunset, so we understand plainly, that evening means evening and sunset means sunset. Ba erev does not mean bow shemesh. Epi opsios does not mean duo helios.

There is no confusion or cross meaning. In the English language sunset does not mean evening. In all three languages, as in all languages, sunset means sunset and evening means evening. Each is distinctively unique and differently defined. Again, ba erev does not mean bow shemesh.

From all that we have studied, it is evident that ba erev does not mean sunset and to claim otherwise is just plain wrong.