τέ,
enclitic copulative particle (= Lat. -que as καί = et, ac, atque), not very freq. in NT, more than two-thirds of the occurrences being in Ac.
1. τέ solitarium, and, denoting a closer affinity than καί between words and sentences which it connects (Bl., §77, 8): Mt 28:12, Jo 4:42, Ac 2:33, 37, 4010:2211:21, al.
2. Denoting a closer connection than simple καί, τὲ... καί, τὲ καί, τὲ... τέ (Ac 26:16Ro 14:8), as well... as also, both... and: Lk 12:45, Ac 1:115:921:30, al.; τὲ... δέ, and... and, Ac 19:2; τὲ γάρ... ὁμοίως δὲ καί, Ro 1:26, 27.