adverb
tote
Strong’sG5119
then
stem tote-159 times in the New Testamentin 14 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
τότε means then, referring to a point in time — either the time just spoken of, or a time still to come 1234. It marks events that happen at the same time as something else, and can also introduce what happens next in a sequence, "then, thereupon" 1. It is regularly used in contrast with "now," marking a former time as opposed to the present 13, and can likewise be used of a future time, as opposed to what is the case at present 1. With the article, it can describe people or things belonging to that time, as in "the men of that time" 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
τότε, demonstr. adv. of time, correlat. of ὅτε,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5119 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect τόκᾰ (which see) (both forms in Refs 5th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect τότᾰ Refs 7th c.BC+ accusative to codices of Refs 3rd c.BC+, compare ποτα, ὄτα):— adverb at that time, then, corresponding to Relat. ὅτε or ὁπότε (below Refs; mostly of some point in past time, opposed to νῦν, Refs 8th c.BC+: also of a future time, τότε κέν μιν.. πεπίθοιμεν Refs 8th c.BC+ (or of imagined circumstances, in that case Refs 5th c.BC+; sometimes, then, next, πρῶτον μὲν.., εἶτα.., καὶ τ... Refs 4th c.BC+:—in Trag. and Attic dialect also in indefinite sense, formerly, καὶ νῦν θ᾽ ὁμοίως καὶ τότ᾽ ἐξεπίσταμαι Refs 5th c.BC+just now, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. μὲν.., νῦν δὲ.. Refs 5th c.BC+at one time or other, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 joined with other Particles, καὶ τ. even then, or (at the beginning of a clause) and then, Refs 8th c.BC+; τ. δ᾽ ἤδη by that time, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀλλὰ τότ᾽ ἤδη when that time comes, Refs 8th c.BC+: repeated with emphasis, τότ᾽ ἄρα τ. Refs 5th c.BC+
3 with the Article, ἄνδρες οἱ τ. people then living, the men of that time, NT+8th c.BC+
4 εἰς τ. with future, on the day, then (see. εἰς Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐκ τ. or ἔκτοτε (which see) from that time, NT+1st c.AD+
5 in apodosi, answering to ὅτε, Refs 5th c.BC+; to ὅταν, Refs 5th c.BC+; to ὁππότε, Refs 8th c.BC+; to ὁππότε κεν or ὁπότ᾽ ἂν δή, Refs 8th c.BC+; to ἡνίκα, Refs 5th c.BC+participle, like {εἶτα}, πάντα ἐάσαντες καὶ μόνον οὐχὶ συγκατασκευάσαντες αὐτῷ τ... ζητήσομε; Refs 4th c.BC+ after η ος, Refs 8th c.BC+; after ὁππότε κεν, Refs 8th c.BC+; also καὶ τ. δή after ἦμος, Refs 8th c.BC+; after ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δή, Refs 8th c.BC+; δή ῥα τ. after εὖτ᾽ ἄν, Refs 8th c.BC+; καὶ τότ᾽ ἔπειτα after ἦμος, Refs 8th c.BC+
II later for ὅτε, Refs 2nd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
159 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
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Matthew 2:17tote plērita tem legirantem dia Ieremiou tou …Then what was spoken through the prophet …
Matthew 3:5“then”tote ekporeuote pros auton Hierosolumeim kai pantas …… went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and …
Matthew 3:15… preparōntem atō ni plērara pantan dikaiosunan. tote afiēkatō auton.… fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
Matthew 4:10“then”tote legatō auto tos Iēsus; Hupagasōr, Satanor; …… from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it …
Matthew 4:11tote afiēkatō auton tos diabolos, kai idou …Then the devil left Him, and angels …
Matthew 4:17Apo tote archeta tos Iēsus kērussarō kai legarō; …From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent …
Matthew 5:24… prōtem diallaxisar to adelfo su, kai tote ercharantos prosferasōr tem dōrem su.… and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 7:5… tou ofthalmou su tan dokan, kai tote diablepasi ekbalara tem karfem ek tou …… out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove …
Matthew 7:23kai tote homologami autoi hoti Oudepote gnōskama vin; …Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I …
Matthew 8:26… legatō autoi; Tinem deilois avō, oligopistoir? tote egerirantos epitimata toi anemoi kai ta …… replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the …
Matthew 9:6… anthrōpou epi tau gēau afiēkarō hamartain tote legatō to paralutiko; Egerirantos airasar su …… authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get …
Matthew 9:15… apariteia apo autoiu tos numfios, kai tote nēsteuali.… bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
Matthew 9:29tote hapteta toiu ofthalmoiu autoiu legarōntos; Kata …Then He touched their eyes and said …
Matthew 9:37tote legatō toi mathētoi autou; Tos men …Then He said to His disciples, “The …
Matthew 12:13tote legatō to anthrōpo; Ekteinasar su tan …Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch …
Matthew 12:29… mē prōtem dateia ton ischuron? kai tote tan oikian autou diarpazati.… first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
Matthew 12:44tote legatō; Eis ton oikon mu epistrefami …Then it says, ‘I will return to …
Matthew 12:45tote poreuotō kai paralabatō meta heauteu hepta …Then it goes and brings with it …
Matthew 13:26… blastata tos chortos kai karpon poiata, tote fanita kai teim zizanieim.… the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
Matthew 15:28“then”tote apokrinirantos tos Iēsus legata auta; Ō …“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith …
Matthew 16:12tote suniēkala hoti ouk legata prosecharō apo …Then they understood that He was not …
Matthew 16:20tote diasteleta toi mathētoi hina mēdeno legaleia …Then He admonished the disciples not to …
Matthew 16:21Apo tote archeta tos Iēsus deikarō toi mathētoi …From that time on Jesus began to show His …
Matthew 16:27… autou meta toiu angeloiu autou, kai tote apodōati hekasto kata tan praxian autou.… Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according …
Matthew 17:13tote suniēkala tois mathētois hoti peri Iōannou …Then the disciples understood that He was …
Matthew 18:32tote proskalerantos auton tos kurios autou legatō …Then the master summoned him and said …
Matthew 21:1“then”… Bēthfagē eis tem Orem taiu Elaiaiu, tote Iēsus apostelata duo mathētoin… came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,
Matthew 22:8tote legatō toi douloi autou; Tos men …Then he said to his servants, ‘The …
Matthew 22:13tote tos basilevos legata toi diakonoi; Darantois …Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie …
Matthew 22:21“then”legalō auto; Kaisarou. tote legatō autoi; Apodōavar oun teim Kaisarou …“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to …
Matthew 24:10“then”kai tote skandalizili pollois kai allēloin paradōali kai …… that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one …
Matthew 24:14… eis marturiem pantei tei ethnei, kai tote hēkati tem telem.… a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Matthew 24:16tote tois en ta Ioudaia fugalōr epi …then let those who are in Judea …
Matthew 24:21“then”eti gar tote thlipsias megas hoias ouk genatē apo …For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning …
Matthew 24:23“then”tote ean tinos vi legateia; Idou hōde …… that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the …
Matthew 24:30“then”kai tote faniti tem sēmem tou huiou tou …… that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the …
Matthew 24:30“then”… tou anthrōpou en to ourano, kai tote kopteli pantais tais fulais tau gēau …… Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Matthew 24:40“then”tote duo eli en to agro, henos …Two men will be in the field: one will be …
Matthew 25:7tote egerila pantais tais parthenais ekeinais kai …Then all the virgins woke up and …
Matthew 25:31“then”… kai pantois tois angelois meta autou, tote kathizati epi thronou doxau autou;… His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
Matthew 25:34tote legati tos basilevos toi ek dexeiu …Then the King will say to those …
Matthew 25:37tote apokrinili auto tois dikaiois legarōntois; Kurior, …Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord …
Matthew 25:41tote legati kai toi ek euōnumeiu; Poreuovōr …Then He will say to those on …
Matthew 25:44“then”tote apokrinili kai autois legarōntois; Kurior, pote …And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we …
Matthew 25:45tote apokriniti autoi legarōntos; Amēn legamō vi, …Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I …
Matthew 26:16“that time”kai apo tote zētate eukairian hina auton paradōateia.So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
Matthew 26:38tote legatō autoi; Perilupas atō tas psuchas …Then He said to them, “My soul …
Matthew 26:45tote erchotō pros toin mathētoin kai legatō …Then He returned to the disciples and …
Matthew 26:50… legata auto; Hetairor, epi hem pareiasō. tote prosercharantois epibalala tain cheirain epi ton …… replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus …
Matthew 26:52“then”tote legatō auto tos Iēsus; Apostrefasar tan …“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will …
Matthew 26:56… hina plērileia tais grafais toiu profētoiu. tote tois mathētois pantois afiēkarantois auton fugala.… of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and …
Matthew 26:65“then”tote tos archierevos diarrēgata teim himatieim autou …At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
Matthew 26:67tote emptuala eis tem prosōpem autou kai …Then they spit in His face and …
Matthew 26:74“then”tote archeta katathematizarō kai omnuarō hoti Ouk …… that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the …
Matthew 27:9tote plērita tem legirantem dia Ieremiou tou …Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the …
Matthew 27:13tote legatō auto tos Pilatos; Ouk akouasō …Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not …
Matthew 27:16echale de tote desmion episēmon legorōnton Iēsun Barabbon.At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner …
Matthew 27:26“then”tote apoluata autoi ton Barabbon, ton de …So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him …
Matthew 27:58“then”… Pilato aiteta tem sōmem tou Iēsu. tote tos Pilatos keleuata apodōira.… went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
Matthew 28:10“then”tote legatō autai tos Iēsus; Mē fobovōr; …“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and …
Mark 2:20… apariteia apo autoiu tos numfios, kai tote nēsteuali en ekeina ta hēmera.… bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
Mark 3:27… mē prōtem ton ischuron dateia, kai tote tan oikian autou diarpazati.… first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
Mark 13:14… hopou ouk datō, tos anagnōskarōntos noatōr, tote tois en ta Ioudaia fugalōr eis …… not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea …
Mark 13:21“then”kai tote ean tinos vi legateia; Ide hōde …… that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the …
Mark 13:26“then”kai tote horeli ton huion tou anthrōpou erchorōnton …… they will see the Son of Man coming in the …
Mark 13:27“then”kai tote apostelati toin angeloin kai episunagati toin …And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds …
Luke 5:35… hotan apariteia apo autoiu tos numfios tote nēsteuali en ekeinai tai hēmerai.… bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
Luke 6:42… dokan ek tou ofthalmou su, kai tote diablepasi tem karfem tem en to …… out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove …
Luke 11:26tote poreuotō kai paralabatō hetereim pneumeim ponērotereim …Then it goes and brings seven other …
Luke 13:26tote archevi legarō; Esthiana enōpion su kai …Then you will say, ‘We ate and …
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Matthew 2:7Tote Hērōdos lathra kalarantos toin magoin akribata …Then Herod called the Magi secretly and …
Matthew 2:16“then”Tote Hērōdos horarantos hoti empaizita hupo toiu …When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he …
Matthew 3:13“then”Tote paragenotō tos Iēsus apo tau Galilaiau …… that time Jesus came from Galilee to the …
Matthew 4:1Tote tos Iēsus anagita eis tan erēman …Then Jesus was led by the Spirit …
Matthew 4:5Tote paralabatō auton tos diabolos eis tan …Then the devil took Him to the …
Matthew 9:14Tote prosercholō auto tois mathētois Iōannou legarōntois; …Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and …
Matthew 11:20Tote archeta oneidizarō tain polain en hai …Then Jesus began to denounce the cities …
Matthew 12:22Tote prosferita auto daimonizorōntos tuflos kai kōfos; …Then a demon-possessed man who was blind …
Matthew 12:38Tote apokrinila auto tinois toiu grammatevoiu kai …Then some of the scribes and Pharisees …
Matthew 13:36Tote afiēkarantos toin ochloin erchata eis tan …Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went …
Matthew 13:43Tote tois dikaiois eklampali hōs tos hēlios …Then the righteous will shine like the …
Matthew 15:1Tote prosercholō to Iēso apo Hierosolumeiu Farisaiois …Then some Pharisees and scribes came to …
Matthew 15:12Tote prosercharantois tois mathētois legalō auto; Oidasē …Then the disciples came to Him and …
Matthew 16:24Tote tos Iēsus legata toi mathētoi autou; …Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone …
Matthew 17:19“then”Tote prosercharantois tois mathētois to Iēso kata …Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked …
Matthew 18:21Tote prosercharantos auto tos Petros legata; Kurior, …Then Peter came to Jesus and asked …
Matthew 19:13Tote prosferila auto paidieim hina tain cheirain …Then little children were brought to Jesus …
Matthew 19:27“then”Tote apokrinirantos tos Petros legata auto; Idou …“Look,” Peter replied, “we …
Matthew 20:20Tote proserchata auto tas mētēras toiu huioiu …Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came …
Matthew 22:15Tote poreuirantois tois Farisaiois sumbouliem labala hopōs …Then the Pharisees went out and conspired …
Matthew 23:1Tote tos Iēsus lalata toi ochloi kai …Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and …
Matthew 24:9Tote paradōali vin eis thlipsian kai apoktenali …Then they will deliver you over to …
Matthew 25:1“then”Tote homoiiti tas basileias toiu ouranoiu deka …… that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who …
Matthew 26:3“then”Tote sunagila tois archierevois kai tois presbuterois …… that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the …
Matthew 26:14Tote poreuirantos henos toiu dōdeka, tos legorōntos …Then one of the Twelve, the one …
Matthew 26:31Tote legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Pantois vis …Then Jesus said to them, “This very …
Matthew 26:36Tote erchotō meta autoiu tos Iēsus eis …Then Jesus went with His disciples to …
Matthew 27:3“then”Tote horarantos Ioudos tos paradōarōntos auton hoti …When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was …
Matthew 27:27Tote tois stratiōtois tou hēgemonou paralabarantois ton …Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into …
Matthew 27:38“then”Tote staurolō sun auto duo lēstois, henos …Two robbers were crucified with Him, one on His …