Quick Definition
when
Strong's Definition
at which (thing) too, i.e. when
Derivation: from G3739 (ὅς) and G5037 (τέ);
KJV Usage: after (that), as soon as, that, when, while
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὅτε, a particle of time (from Homer down), when;
1. with the indicative (Winers Grammar, 296f (278f)); indicative present (of something certain and customary, see Herm. ad Vig., p. 913f), while: Joh_9:4; Heb_9:17; with an historical present Mar_11:1. with the imperfect (of a thing done on occasion or customary); Mar_14:12; Mar_15:41; Mar_6:21 R G; Joh_21:18; Act_12:6; Act_22:20; Rom_6:20; Rom_7:5; 1Co_13:11; Gal_4:3; Col_3:7; 1Th_3:4; 2Th_3:10; 1Pe_3:20. with an indicative aorist, Latinquom with pluperfect (Winers Grammar, § 40, 5; (Buttmann, § 137, 6)): Mat_9:25; Mat_13:26; Mat_13:48; Mat_17:25 (R G); ; Mar_1:32; Mar_4:10; Mar_8:19; Mar_15:20; Luke 2:21 f, 42 ; Luk_4:25; Luk_6:1-49 :( L T WH), ; ; Joh_1:19; Joh_2:22; Joh_4:45 (where Tdf. ὡς), etc.; Act_1:13; Act_8:12; Act_8:39; Act_11:2; Act_21:5; Act_21:35; Act_27:39; Act_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_2:11-12; Gal_2:14; Gal_4:4; Php_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 Mat_12:3; Mar_2:25; (Joh_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. Mat_7:28; Mat_11:1; Mat_13:53; Mat_19:1; Mat_26:1. ὅτε ... τότε, Mat_21:1; Joh_12:16. with the indicative perfect, since (R. V. now that I am become), 1Co_13:11; with the indicative future: Luk_17:22; Joh_4:21; Joh_4:23; Joh_5:25; Joh_16:25; Rom_2:16 (R G T Tr text WH marginal reading) (where Lachmann ἡ (others besides)); 2Ti_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, Luk_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)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὅτε hote 103x
when, at the time that, at what time, Mat_7:28 ; Mat_9:25 ; Luk_13:35 , et al. freq.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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. , Mat_9:25 , Mar_1:32 , Luk_4:25 , Joh_1:19 , Act_1:13 , Rom_13:11 , Gal_1:15 , Rev_1:17 , al. ; c . impf ., Mar_14:12 , Joh_21:18 , Rom_6:20 , 1Th_3:4 , al. ; c . pf ., since, now that, 1Co_13:11 ( B , ἐγένόμην ); c . praes., Mar_11:1 , Joh_9:4 , Heb_9:17 ; c . fut . ( Hom .; of a def. fut . as opp . to the indef. fut . of ὅταν c . subjc .), Luk_17:22 , Joh_4:21 ; Joh_4:23 ; Joh_5:25 ; Joh_16:25 , Rom_2:16 ( T , txt ., WH , mg .), 2Ti_4:3 (in all which instances, and c . Pres ., Jo, l.c ., ὅ . follows a subst . of time, and is equi v. to a rel. phrase, ἐν ᾧ or ᾗ ).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὅτε [page 463]
This common word is almost invariably construed in the NT with the indicative and generally with the aorist : cf. PSI IV. 322 .1 (B.C. 266 5) ὅτ᾽ ἔγραψ [άς μοι ], ἐπιστολὴν ἀπεστάλκειμεν ἐξ Ἀλεξα [νδρείας , ib. V. 447 .12 (A.D. 167) ὅτε αὐτοῖς ἡ πολιτεία ἐδόθη . Ἀφ᾽ ὅτε occurs in an amusing letter which a man writes to his wife who had left him, but whom he wishes to return P Oxy III. 528 .9 (ii/A.D.) ιβ̄ Φαῶφι ἀφ᾽ ὅτε ἐλουσάμην μετ᾽ ἐσοῦ οὐκ ἐλουσάμην οὐκ ἤλιμ <μ >ε ( l. ἤλειμ <μ >αι ) μεχρεὶ ιβ̄ Ἀθύρ , since we bathed together on Phaophi 12 I never bathed nor anointed myself until Athur 12 (Edd.). For ὅτε μὲν . . . ὅτε δέ , see the Gnomon des Idios Logos § 67 (= BGU V. p. 27) ὅτε μὲν ἐξ ὅλων ὅτ̣ε̣ δὲ ἐξ ἡμίσου [ς ὅτ ]ε̣ δ̣ὲ ἐκ τετάρτ [ο ]υ ἀνελήμ [φ ]θησαν . Vett. Val. p. 106 .36 ἔστι δὲ αὐτῆς καὶ ἄλλο σχῆμα , ὅτε ἄρξηται πρῶτον μειοῦσθαι is an ex. of ὅτε c. conj. According to the best attested reading the words ἥξει ὅτε form no part of the true text in Luk_13:35 .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὅτε, temporal particle (correlat. of πότε, τότε),
when; with indic., (so generally in cl., but also with optative, subjc.; LS, see word), most frequently with aor., Mat.9:25, Mrk.1:32, Luk.4:25, Jhn.1:19, Act.1:13, Rom.13:11, Gal.1:15, Rev.1:17, al.; with impf., Mrk.14:12, Jhn.21:18, Rom.6:20, 1Th.3:4, al.; with pf., since, now that, 1Co.13:11 (B, ἐγένομην); with praes., Mrk.11:1, Jhn.9:4, Heb.9:17, with fut. (Hom.; of a def. fut. as opposite to the indef. fut. of ὅταν with subjc.), Luk.17:22, Jhn.4:21, 23 5:25 16:25, Rom.2:16 (T, txt., WH, mg.), 2Ti.4:3 (in all which instances, and with pres., Jo, l.with, ὅ. follows a subst. of time, and is equiv. to a rel. phrase, ἐν ᾧ or ᾗ).
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