ὅτε
hóte · G3753 · Greek · 103 occurrences
Meanings
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when
A point of time which is roughly simultaneous to or overlaps with another point of time
ExamplesMatthew 7:28 When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;
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as long as, while
An extent of time of the same length as another extent or unit of time
ExamplesMark 15:41 When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and serve Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.
John 17:12 “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, which You have given Me; and I guarded them, and not one of them perished except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
Romans 6:20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher · H834 · that, which, where
- Greek ὅτε functions as a temporal conjunction ('when'), while Hebrew אֲשֶׁר serves as a multifunctional relative particle that includes temporal contexts among its broader uses; the two converge specifically in temporal-clausal constructions where LXX translators rendered אֲשֶׁר's 'when' sense with ὅτε.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- As long as, while67.139
- This domain covers ὅτε marking a temporal span, as Jesus explains the urgency of His mission: “We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.” (John 9:4)
- When67.30
- Here ὅτε introduces a specific past occasion, as Matthew narrates the crowds' reaction to Jesus' teaching: “When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching.” (Matthew 7:28)
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon a particle of time (from Homer down), when; 1. with the indicative (Winers Grammar, 296f…
1. with the indicative (Winers Grammar, 296f (278f)); indicative present (of something certain and customary, see Herm. ad Vig., p. 913f), while: Jn 9:4; Heb 9:17; with an historical present Mk 11:1. with the imperfect (of a thing done on occasion or customary); Mk 14:12; Mk 15:41; Mk 6:21 R G; Jn 21:18; Acts 12:6; Acts 22:20; Rom 6:20; Rom 7:5; 1 Cor 13:11; Gal 4:3; Col 3:7; 1 Thess 3:4; 2 Thess 3:10; 1 Pet 3:20. with an indicative aorist, Latinquom with pluperfect (Winers Grammar, § 40, 5; (Buttmann, § 137, 6)): Mt 9:25; Mt 13:26, Mt 13:48; Mt 17:25 (R G); ; Mk 1:32; Mk 4:10; Mk 8:19; Mk 15:20; Lk 2:21f, 42; Lk 4:25; 6:( L T WH), ; Lk 22:14; ; Jn 1:19; Jn 2:22; Jn 4:45 (where Tdf. ὡς), etc.; Acts 1:13; Acts 8:12, Acts 8:39; Acts 11:2; Acts 21:5, Acts 21:35; Acts 27:39; Acts 28:16; Rom 13:11 (than when we gave in our allegiance to Christ; LatinquomChristonomendedissemus (R. V. than when we first believed)); Gal 1:15; Gal 2:11, Gal 2:12, Gal 2:14; Gal 4:4; Phm 4:15; Heb 7:10; Rev 1:17; Rev 6:3, Rev 6:5, Rev 6:7, Rev 6:9, Rev 6:12; Rev 8:1, etc.; so also Mt 12:3; Mk 2:25; (Jn 12:41 R Tr marginal reading ὅτε εἶδεν, when it had presented itself to his sight (but best texts ὅτι: because he saw etc.)). ἐγένετο, ὅτε ἐτέλεσεν, a common phrase in Matthew, viz. Mt 7:28; Mt 11:1; Mt 13:53; Mt 19:1; Mt 26:1. ὅτε... τότε, Mt 21:1; Jn 12:16. with the indicative perfect, since (R. V. now that I am become), 1 Cor 13:11; with the indicative future: Lk 17:22; Jn 4:21, Jn 4:23; Jn 5:25; Jn 16:25; Rom 2:16 (R G T Tr text WH marginal reading) (where Lachmann ἡ (others besides)); 2 Tim 4:3.
2. with the aorist subjunctive: ἕως ἄν ἥξῃ, ὅτε εἴπητε (where ὅταν, might have been expected), until the time have come, when ye have said, Lk 13:35 (R G (cf. Tr brackets)); cf. Matthiae, ii., p. 1196f; Bornemann, Scholia in Lucae evang., p. 92; Winers Grammar, 298 (279); (Bernhardy (1829), p. 400; cf. Buttmann, 231f (199)).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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