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Lexicon :: Strong's G5140 - treis

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τρεῖς
Transliteration
treis (Key)
Pronunciation
trice
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary (plural) number
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:216,1188

Strong’s Definitions

τρεῖς treîs, trice; a primary (plural) number; "three":—three.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x

The KJV translates Strong's G5140 in the following manner: three (69x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 69x
The KJV translates Strong's G5140 in the following manner: three (69x).

  1. three

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τρεῖς treîs, trice; a primary (plural) number; "three":—three.
STRONGS G5140:
τρεῖς, οἱ, αἱ, τρία, τά, three: Matthew 12:40; Mark 8:2; Luke 1:56; John 2:19, and often. (From Homer down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
12:40
Mark
8:2
Luke
1:56
John
2:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5140 matches the Greek τρεῖς (treis),
which occurs 69 times in 60 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 12:40–Jas 5:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:40 - For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 - Jesus also used this illustration: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:32 - Then Jesus called his disciples and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, or they will faint along the way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:4 - Peter exclaimed, “Lord, it’s wonderful for us to be here! If you want, I’ll make three shelters as memorials[fn]—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:16 - But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:20 - For where two or three gather together as my followers,[fn] I am there among them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61 - who declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - “Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:63

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:63 - They told him, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise from the dead.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:2 - “I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three days, and they have nothing left to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:31 - Then Jesus began to tell them that the Son of Man[fn] must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:5 - Peter exclaimed, “Rabbi, it’s wonderful for us to be here! Let’s make three shelters as memorials[fn]—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:58 - “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this Temple made with human hands, and in three days I will build another, made without human hands.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. “Ha! Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:56 - Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went back to her own home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:46 - Three days later they finally discovered him in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:25 - “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:33 - As Moses and Elijah were starting to leave, Peter, not even knowing what he was saying, blurted out, “Master, it’s wonderful for us to be here! Let’s make three shelters as memorials[fn]—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:36 - “Now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by bandits?” Jesus asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:5 - Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:52 - From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against—or two in favor and three against.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:7 - Finally, he said to his gardener, ‘I’ve waited three years, and there hasn’t been a single fig! Cut it down. It’s just taking up space in the garden.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:21 - It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:6 - Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:19 - “All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:20 - “What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:11 - So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore. There were 153 large fish, and yet the net hadn’t torn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:7 - About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:20 - “At that time Moses was born—a beautiful child in God’s eyes. His parents cared for him at home for three months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:9 - He remained there blind for three days and did not eat or drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:19 - Meanwhile, as Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come looking for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:11 - “Just then three men who had been sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were staying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:2 - As was Paul’s custom, he went to the synagogue service, and for three Sabbaths in a row he used the Scriptures to reason with the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:8 - Then Paul went to the synagogue and preached boldly for the next three months, arguing persuasively about the Kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:3 - where he stayed for three months. He was preparing to sail back to Syria when he discovered a plot by some Jews against his life, so he decided to return through Macedonia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:1 - Three days after Festus arrived in Caesarea to take over his new responsibilities, he left for Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:7 - Near the shore where we landed was an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and treated us kindly for three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:11 - It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another ship that had wintered at the island—an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods[fn] as its figurehead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:12 - Our first stop was Syracuse,[fn] where we stayed three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:15 - The brothers and sisters[fn] in Rome had heard we were coming, and they came to meet us at the Forum[fn] on the Appian Way. Others joined us at The Three Taverns.[fn] When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and thanked God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:17 - Three days after Paul’s arrival, he called together the local Jewish leaders. He said to them, “Brothers, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Roman government, even though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:8 - And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:13 - Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:27 - No more than two or three should speak in tongues. They must speak one at a time, and someone must interpret what they say.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:29 - Let two or three people prophesy, and let the others evaluate what is said.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:1 - This is the third time I am coming to visit you (and as the Scriptures say, “The facts of every case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses”[fn]).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:18 - Then three years later I went to Jerusalem to get to know Peter,[fn] and I stayed with him for fifteen days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:19 - Do not listen to an accusation against an elder unless it is confirmed by two or three witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:28 - For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:17 - Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!

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