Lexical Definition

‎τότε‎ tóte (tot'-eh) then ^G:ADV
from (the neuter of) ‎ὁ‎ and ‎ὅτε‎

that time, then.

• the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)

Abbott-Smith

τότε, demonstr. adv. of time, correlat. of ὅτε,
then, at that time;
(a) of concurrent events: Mt 2:17 3:5 and freq., Ro 6:21; seq. ptcp., Mt 2:16, Ga 4:8; opp. to νῦν, Ga 4:29, He 12:26; ὁ τ. κόσμος, II Pe 3:6;
(b) of consequent events, then, thereupon: Mt 2:7 3:5 4:1 and freq., Lk 11:26; τ. οὖν, Jo 11:14 19:1, 16 20:8; εὐθέως τ., Ac 17:14; ὅτε . . . τ., Mt 13:26 21:1, Jo 12:16; ἀπὸ τ., Mt 4:17 16:21 26:16, Lk 16:16;
(c) of things future: Mt 24:23, 40 25:1, 31ff.; opp. to ἄρτι, I Co 13:12; καὶ τ., Mt 7:23, Mk 13:21, Lk 21:27, I Co 4:5, al.; ὅταν . . . τ., Mt 9:15, Mk 2:20, Lk 5:35, I Th 5:3, al. (more freq. in Mt than in the rest of the NT).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

τότε,

Doric dialect τόκᾰ (which see) (both forms in [τότε “P.” 2.89, τόκα “O.” 6.66) and 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus (τότε 13.23, τόκα 7.154))">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 [τότε ἐλέγομεν ">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+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 2Pet.3.6 ☩ LXX.Ps.92.2* ☩ Matt.4.17}