Forms of the word

Dictionary
τρεῖς, τρία
Greek transliteration
treis
Simplified transliteration
treis

Numbers

Strong's number
5140
GK Number
5552

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
68
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-4a
Gloss
three
Definition
three, Mt. 12:40. The frequency count does not include its occurrence in the name Τριῶν ταβερνῶν in Acts 28:15 (5553)

Greek-English Concordance for τρεῖς

John 2:6 Now standing nearby were six stone water jars, according to the purification requirements of the Jews, each holding from twenty to thirty (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl masc) gallons.
John 2:19 Jesus answered them, saying, “Destroy this temple and in three (trisin | τρισίν | dat pl fem) days I will restore it.”
John 2:20 Then the Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you can restore it in three (trisin | τρισίν | dat pl fem) days?”
John 21:11 So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
Acts 5:7 After an interval of about three (triōn | τριῶν | gen pl fem) hours his wife came in, unaware of what had happened.
Acts 7:20 At which time Moses was born, and he was beautiful before God. He was brought up for three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl masc) months in his father’s house;
Acts 9:9 And he was three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl fem) days without sight and neither ate nor drank anything.
Acts 10:19 As Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three (treis | τρεῖς | nom pl masc) men are looking for you.
Acts 11:11 And behold, at that very moment three (treis | τρεῖς | nom pl masc) men arrived at the house, in which we were, sent from Caesarea to me.
Acts 17:2 And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them and for three (tria | τρία | acc pl neut) Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Acts 19:8 And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl masc) months, reasoning and persuading them concerning the things of the kingdom of God.
Acts 20:3 He spent three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl masc) months there, and when a plot was hatched against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
Acts 25:1 Three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl fem) days after arriving in the province, Festus went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Acts 28:7 Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the leading man of the island, by name Publius, who welcomed us and for three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl fem) days entertained us hospitably.
Acts 28:11 After three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl masc) months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered at the island, a ship of Alexandria, with the “Heavenly Twins” as a figurehead.
Acts 28:12 And when we put in at Syracuse, we stayed there three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl fem) days.
Acts 28:15 And the brothers there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three (triōn | τριῶν | gen pl fem) Taverns to meet us. On seeing them, Paul gave thanks to God and took courage.
Acts 28:17 And it happened that after three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl fem) days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they gathered, he said to them: “My brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
1 Corinthians 10:8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now remain faith, hope, and love; these three (tria | τρία | nom pl neut). And the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 14:27 If any speak in a tongue, it should be only two, or at the most three (treis | τρεῖς | acc pl masc), and each in turn; and someone must interpret.
1 Corinthians 14:29 Two or three (treis | τρεῖς | nom pl masc) should speak as prophets and others should weigh carefully what is said.
2 Corinthians 13:1 This will be my third visit to you. On the evidence of two or three (triōn | τριῶν | gen pl masc) witnesses every accusation is to be confirmed.
Galatians 1:18 Then after three (tria | τρία | acc pl neut) years I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
1 Timothy 5:19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder, except on the evidence of two or three (triōn | τριῶν | gen pl masc) witnesses.

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