τε te
Greek word for “and/both” · Strong’s G5037 · used 215 times in 194 verses
Meaning
τέ; enclitic copulative particle (= Lat.
How it is translated
Glosses given for te in context, with how often each is used:
- then 76
- both 75
- and 32
- also 24
- even 2
- — 1
- along with 1
- but 1
- that 1
- between 1
- together with 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts | 151 | 8.2 | |
| Hebrews | 20 | 4.0 | |
| Romans | 18 | 2.5 | |
| Luke | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Matthew | 3 | 0.2 | |
| John | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Corinthians | 3 | 0.4 | |
| 2 Corinthians | 2 | 0.4 | |
| James | 2 | 1.1 | |
| Ephesians | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Philippians | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Jude | 1 | 2.2 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Acts 19 (10), Acts 26 (10), Acts 27 (9), Acts 21 (8), Acts 2 (7), Acts 8 (7), Acts 15 (7), Acts 9 (6), Acts 14 (6), Acts 24 (6)
Forms
- τε 215
Words used with it
Words that share verses with te more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 25
- Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 26
- Ἕλλην=Ἕλλην Hellēn “Greek, Gentile” 14
- κατά kata “according to” 22
- ἀνήρ anēr “man” 15
- ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 13
- πρῶτος prōtos “first” 12
- ἅγιος hagios “holy” 13
- πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 13
- δύναμις dunamis “power” 11
- λόγος logos “word” 14
- πολύς polus “much” 14
Key verses
The verses using te that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria,…
- Acts 4:27 — For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were…
- Acts 9:15 — But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
- Acts 13:46 — Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and…
- Acts 20:21 — Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to…
- Romans 1:16 — For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
- Hebrews 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged…
- Hebrews 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints…
- Hebrews 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and…
- Hebrews 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the…
See all 194 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.