Greek adjective · G5140
G5140
Three
69 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5140is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5140
"three"
The King James renders it: three.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
G5140 is rendered "Three". It stands 69 times in the Greek text, across thirteen books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 12:40τρεῖς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirteen of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- three66
- third2
- of three1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 69, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- τρεῖς43
- τριῶν11
- τρία9
- τρισὶν6
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural19A-APF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural10A-NPM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural9A-APM
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural8A-APN
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural6A-GPM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural4A-DPF
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural4A-GPF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine plural4A-NPF
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2A-DPM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1A-GPF-L
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1A-NPN
- number, same in every case1A-NUI
Matthew
twelve uses
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
- τρίαtriaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: three
Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: three
Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of three
For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: three
and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
- τρισὶνtrisinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: three
“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
Mark
seven uses
“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: three
Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: third
who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: third
“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: three
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
- τρισὶνtrisinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: three
Luke
ten uses
Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
- τρίαtriaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: three
As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: three
From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
- τρισὶνtrisinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: three
So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
- τρίαtriaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: three
It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
- τρίαtriaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: three
John
four uses
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
- τρισὶνtrisinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: three
“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
- τρισὶνtrisinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: three
So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn.
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Acts
fourteen uses
About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: three
At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: three
For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
- τρεῖςtreisnumber, same in every casetagged: three
Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
- τρίαtriaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: three
Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: three
where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
- Τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: Three
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
1 Corinthians
four uses
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: three
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
- τρίαtriaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: three
If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
2 Corinthians
one use
This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Galatians
one use
Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
- τρίαtriaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: three
1 Timothy
one use
Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Hebrews
one use
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- τρισὶνtrisinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: three
James
one use
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: three
1 John
two uses
For there are three that testify:
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Revelation
eleven uses
And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: three
And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: three
A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
- τριῶνtrionadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: three
For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: three
And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
- τρίαtriaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: three
The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
- τρίαtriaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: three
There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
- τρεῖςtreisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: three
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.