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τε

teand/bothHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentConjunction214 occurrences13 books194 verses

Definition

τέ,

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): Matthew 28:12, John 4:42, Acts 2:33, 37, 40; 10:22; 11:21, al.

2. Denoting a closer connection than simple καί, τὲ . . . καί, τὲ καί, τὲ . . . τέ (Acts 26:16, Romans 14:8), as well . . . as also, both . . . and: Luke 12:45, Acts 1:1; 15:9, 21:30, al.; τὲ . . . δέ, and . . . and, Acts 19:2; τὲ γάρ . . . ὁμοίως δὲ καί, Romans 1:26, 27.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as τε:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

214 total
  1. Acts 19:12τε · and
    …so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
  2. Acts 19:17τε
    This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
  3. Acts 19:18τε · now
    Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
  4. Acts 19:27τε · and
    There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
  5. Acts 19:29τε
    Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
  6. Acts 20:3τε · [where]
    …where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
  7. Acts 20:7τε · and
    On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
  8. Acts 20:11τε · And
    Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.
  9. Acts 20:21τε · alike
    …testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  10. Acts 20:35τε
    In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  11. Acts 21:12τε
    When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
  12. Acts 21:18τε · and
    The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
  13. Acts 21:20τε · Then
    When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
  14. Acts 21:25τε
    As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
  15. Acts 21:28τε · Furthermore
    …crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
  16. Acts 21:30τε
    The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
  17. Acts 21:31τε · [While]
    While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
  18. Acts 21:37τε · [As]
    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.
  19. Acts 22:4τε · both
    I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
  20. Acts 22:7τε
    I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
  21. Acts 22:8τε
    ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
  22. Acts 22:23τε · [As]
    As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,
  23. Acts 23:5τε
    “Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”
  24. Acts 23:10τε · and
    The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
  25. Acts 23:24τε
    Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”
  26. Acts 23:28τε · and
    …and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
  27. Acts 24:3τε
    In every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.
  28. Acts 24:5τε · [He is]
    We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
  29. Acts 24:10τε · [When]
    When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
  30. Acts 24:15τε · of both
    …and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
  31. Acts 24:23τε · [but]
    He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
  32. Acts 24:27τε · And
    After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
  33. Acts 25:2τε · [where]
    …where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
  34. Acts 25:16τε · and
    I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
  35. Acts 25:23τε
    The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
  36. Acts 25:24τε · both
    Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
  37. Acts 26:3τε · and
    …especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
  38. Acts 26:4τε · and also
    Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
  39. Acts 26:10τε; τε · and
    And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
  40. Acts 26:11τε
    I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
  41. Acts 26:14τε
    We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
  42. Acts 26:16τε; τε · and
    ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
  43. Acts 26:20τε; τε · then
    First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
  44. Acts 26:22τε · alike; τε
    But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  45. Acts 26:23τε
    …that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
  46. Acts 26:30τε · Then
    Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.