Lexical Definition
ὅτε hóte (hot'-eh) when G:CONJ
from ὅς and τέ
after (that), as soon as, that, when, while.
- at which (thing) too, i.e. when
Abbott-Smith
ὅτε, temporal particle (correlat. of πότε, τότε),
when; c. indic., (so generally in cl., but also c. optat., subjc.; LS, s.v.), most freq. c. aor., Mt 9:25, Mk 1:32, Lk 4:25, Jo 1:19, Ac 1:13, Ro 13:11, Ga 1:15, Re 1:17, al.; c. impf., Mk 14:12, Jo 21:18, Ro 6:20, I Th 3:4, al.; c. pf., since, now that, I Co 13:11 (B, ἐγένόμην); c. praes., Mk 11:1, Jo 9:4, He 9:17; c. fut. (Hom.; of a def. fut. as opp. to the indef. fut. of ὅταν c. subjc.), Lk 17:22, Jo 4:21, 23 5:25 16:25, Ro 2:16 (T, txt., WH, mg.), II Ti 4:3 (in all which instances, and c. pres., Jo 9:4, ὅ. follows a subst. of time, and is equiv. to a rel. phrase, ἐν ᾧ or ᾗ).
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 9:25 |
| Mark | 1:32 · 11:1 · 14:12 |
| Luke | 4:25 · 17:22 |
| John | 1:19 · 4:21 · 4:23 · 5:25 · 9:4 · 16:25 · 21:18 |
| Acts | 1:13 |
| Romans | 2:16 · 6:20 · 13:11 |
| 1 Corinthians | 13:11 |
| Galatians | 1:15 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 3:4 |
| 2 Timothy | 4:3 |
| Hebrews | 9:17 |
| Revelation | 1:17 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ὅτε,
also [Refs 5th c.AD+] H., Doric dialect ὅκα, Aeolic dialect ὄτα (which see), Relat. adverb, formed from the Relat. stem ὁ- and τε (see. τε B), answering to demonstrative τότε and interrogative πότ; properly of Time, but sometimes passing into a causal sense (compare ὁπότε).
__A of Time, when, at the time when,
__A.I Constr.:
__A.I.1 with indicative to denote single events or actions in past time, with imperfect or aorist, when, [Refs 8th c.BC+]pluperfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; whither are gone the boasts, [which we made] when we said.. ? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; rememberest thou not [the time] when.. ? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄκουσα εὐχομένης ὅτ᾽ ἔφησθα.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.1.b with present, of a thing always happening or now going on,[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.1.c rarely with future, of a definite future, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.2 with optative, to denote repeated events or actions in past time, ἔνθα πάρος κοιμᾶθ᾽, ὅ. μιν γλυκὺς ὕπνος ἱκάνοι whenever, as often as, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.2.b sometimes of future events which are represented as uncertain, in clauses dependent on a Verb in the optative or subjunctive, οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίσμῃ κίθαρις.., ὅτ᾽ ἐν κονίῃσι μιγείης [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.I.2.c ὅ. μή, in early authors always with optative, for εἰ μή, unless, except, save when, [Refs 8th c.BC+]subjunctive, [Refs]
__A.I.3 with subjunctive, only in Epic dialect and Lyric poetry, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II Special usages:
__A.II.1 in [ὅτε">Refs 8th c.BC+] as when, mostly with subjunctive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: the Verb must frequently be supplied from the context, as in [Refs]
__A.II.2 in the Epic dialect phrase πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε δή.., ἤ is omitted before ὅτε, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.III ὅτε with other Particles,
__A.III.1 ὅτ᾽ ἄν, ὅτε κεν, see at {ὅταν}.
__A.III.2 ὅτε δή and ὅτε δή ῥα, stronger than ὅτε, frequently in [ὅτε δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.65, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 280, +others; ὅτε δή ῥα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.446, +others, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 58, +others">Refs 8th c.BC+]; see infr. IV. I; so ὅτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.III.3 ὅτε τε (where τε is otiose, see τε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III.4 ὅτε περ even when, [ὅτε πέρ τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.259, 10.7. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.IV the proper correlative adverb is τότε, as ὅ. δὴ.., τότε δὴ[Refs]; ὅ. δὴ.., καὶ τότε δὴ[Refs]; also νῦν.., ὅ... [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθύστερον, ὅ... [Refs]; ἤματι τῷ, ὅ... [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Attic dialect, ἦν ποτε χρόνος, ὅ... [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.IV.2 elliptical in the phrase ἔστιν ὅ. or ἔσθ᾽ ὅ., there are times when, sometimes, now and then, ἔστι ὅ. [Refs]; ἔστιν ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔσθ᾽ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B ὅτε sometimes has a causal sense, when, seeing that, mostly with present indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; and in Trag. and Attic dialect Prose, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with perfect used as present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 sometimes where ὥστε would be more usual, οὕτω.. πόρρω κλέος ἥκει, ὅ. καὶ βασιλεὺς ἠρώτησεν [Refs]
__C ὁτέ Indef. adverb, sometimes, now and then, used like{ποτέ} at the beginning of each of two corresponding clauses, now.., now.., sometimes.., sometimes.. (not in early Prose, ὁτὲ μὲν.., ὁτὲ δὲ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁτὲ μὲν.., ὁτὲ δ᾽ αὖτε.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁτὲ μέν τε.., ὅτ᾽ αὖ.. [Refs]; ὁτὲ μὲν.., ποτὲ δὲ.. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὁτὲ μὲν.., ὁτὲ δὲ.., καὶ ἄλλοτε.. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ὁτὲ μὲν.., πάλιν δὲ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐνίοτε μὲν.., ὁτὲ δὲ.. [Refs]; ὁτὲ μὲν.., ἢ.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also ὁτὲ δέ in the second clause, without any correlative in the first,[ὅτε.., ὅτ᾽ ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον “Aj.” 56 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁτὲ δέ alone, at the beginning of a clause, [Refs 5th c.BC+]