τρεῖς treis

Greek word for “Three” · Strong’s G5140 · used 69 times in 62 verses

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Meaning

τρεῖς, οἱ, αἱ, τρία, τά;

How it is translated

Glosses given for treis in context, with how often each is used:

• three 67
• third 2

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 28 (5), John 2 (3), Matthew 18 (2), Matthew 27 (2), Mark 8 (2), Mark 9 (2), Luke 13 (2), 1 Corinthians 14 (2), 1 John 5 (2), Revelation 11 (2)

Forms

• τρεῖς 43
• τριῶν 10
• τρία 9
• τρισὶν 6
• Τριῶν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with treis more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 24
• μήν mēn “month” 7
• δύο duo “two” 9
• ναός naos “temple” 6
• μετά meta “with/after” 11
• εἷς ehis “one” 9
• Ἡλίας Hēlias “Elijah” 5
• ἤ ē “or” 8
• οἰκοδομέω oikodomeō “to build” 5
• ἕξ hex “six” 4
• καταλύω kataluō “to destroy/lodge” 4
• Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs, Mōsēs “Moses” 5

Key verses

The verses using treis that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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.
• Matthew 18:20 — For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
• Matthew 27:63 — Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
• 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,…
• 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,
• John 2:19 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
• Acts 17:2 — And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
• 1 Corinthians 13:13 — And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
• Hebrews 10:28 — He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
• 1 John 5:7 — For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
• Revelation 16:13 — And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
• Revelation 16:19 — And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.