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GreekG5037Conjunction

τε

te

203Occurrences
G5037Strong's #
ConjunctionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))

a primary particle (enclitic) of connection or addition;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
enclitic copulative particle (= Lat. -que as *καί *= and, ac, atque, not very frequently in NT, more than two-thirds of the occurrences being in Ac.
1.*τέ *solitarium, and, denoting a closer affinity than *καί *between words and sentences which it connects (BL, §77, 8)
2.Denoting a closer connection than simple καί, *τὲ *. . καί, τὲ καί, *τὲ *. . *τέ *(

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Conjunction

Morphology Code

G:CONJ

Full Description

Greek Conjunction

Occurrences

τε appears 203 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
142
Hebrews
19
Romans
13
Luke
8
1 Corinthians
4
John
3
Matthew
3
Revelation
3

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:2BSB

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Acts 16:23BSB

And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

Acts 21:37BSB

As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”“Do you speak Greek?” he replied.

Acts 28:23BSB

So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Hebrews 6:2BSB

instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.