Strong G5140τρεῖς

Three

Transliteration
treis tria
Pronunciation
trice tree'-ah
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

A primary (plural) number; three: - three.

Detailed definition

τρεῖς, οἱ, αἱ, τρία, τά
three: Mat.12:40, al.; μετὰ τ. ἡμέρας = τῇ τρίτῃ ἡ., Mrk.10:34, al. (cf. Field, Notes, 11 ff.)
Τρεῖς Ταβέρναι
(see: ταβέρνη),
Three Taverns (Lit. Tres Tabernae) a halting place on the Appian Way: Act.28:15 (see DB, iv, 690).†
(AS)

In the biblical story

Three Taverns

Staging post on the Appian Way near Rome

Three Taverns, a staging post on the Appian Way, about 33 miles from Rome, where Paul was met by Roman Christians (Acts 28:15).

In the Bible

Strong G5140 appears in 59 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • three56
  • be1
  • fifty1
  • space1

First verses

  1. Matthew 12:40
    For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  2. Matthew 13:33
    Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
  3. Matthew 15:32
    Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
  4. Matthew 17:4
    Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
  5. Matthew 18:16
    But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
  6. Matthew 18:20
    For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
  7. Matthew 26:61
    And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
  8. Matthew 27:40
    And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
  9. Matthew 27:63
    Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
  10. Mark 8:2
    I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
  11. Mark 8:31
    And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
  12. Mark 9:5
    And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
  13. Mark 14:58
    We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
  14. Mark 15:29
    And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
  15. Luke 1:56
    And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
  16. Luke 2:46
    And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
  17. Luke 4:25
    But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
  18. Luke 9:33
    And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
  19. Luke 10:36
    Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
  20. Luke 11:5
    And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
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τρεῖς, οἱ, αἱ, τρία, τά:
genitive τριῶν: dative τρισί, also τριοῖσι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 51, and τρίεσσι “Delph.” 3(5).80.21 (4th c.BC))]; Aeolic dialect τρίσσι [Refs (“Inscription Perg.” 245 B 18 (from Pitana): _accusative_ τρεῖς)] (written τρες [Refs (“IG” 12.24.16, 44.15, 188.37, 1085, +others), τρία)]: Doric dialect nominative τρέες [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 9.48; τρῆς “IG” 12(3).1640 (from Thera))]; τρῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 236 A 10 (Delph., 4th c.BC), “Tab.Heracl.” 1.23; _accusative_ τρίινς “Leg.Gort.” 5.54, +others (for Τρίνς, lengthened to correspond with the other cases))]; τρῖς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.838,839 (6th c.BC), “SIG” 239 D ii 28 (Delph., 4th c.BC), “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.158 (from Cyrene))]:—three, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.187, etc.)]; τρία ἔπεα three words, proverbial in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.48,)]—for from the earliest times three was a sacred and lucky number, especially with the Pythagoreans (compare τριάς), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 268a11; so τῶν τριῶν μίαν λαβεῖν εὔσοιαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 122)]; εἰ καὶ τῶν τριῶν ἓν οἴσομαι[Refs ([prev. work] 908; compare σωτήρ 1.2:)] —διὰ τριῶν ἀπόλλυμαι I am thrice, i. e. utterly, undone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 434 (compare τριάζω))]; ἡ διὰ τριῶν ἀγωγή the 'trivium', [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 1171.34; ἵνα δήσῃ τρία τρία)]by threes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (POxy. 121.19 (3rd c.AD). (I.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] stem tr[icaron]-, fuller form trey-, nominative tréy-es (Sanskrit tráyas, Latin tres), whence τρέες, contraction τρῆς and τρεῖς (written τρες [Refs (“IG” 12.295.11))]; accusative tri-ns (Gothic prins, Sanskrit tr[imacracute]n), whence τρῖς and τρίιν; in Gr. the nominative τρεῖς functions as accusative (as in Attic dialect), or the accusative τρῖς as nominative ([same places]).)