Quick Definition
τρεῖς, τρία Adj three
Strong's Definition
a primary (plural) number; "three"
KJV Usage: three
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | τρία · gen. τριῶν · dat. τρισίν | τριάκοντα · τριακόσιοι · τρίβολος · τριετία · τρίμηνον · τρίς · τρίστεγον · τρισχίλιοι · τρίτον · τρίτος
60.12 · Number · One, Two, Three, Etc. [Cardinals]
three cardinal number, where there are three instances of a countable entity
MAT 12:40 · MAT 12:40 · MAT 12:40 · MAT 12:40 · MAT 13:33 · MAT 15:32 · MAT 17:4 · MAT 18:16 · MAT 18:20 · MAT 26:61 · MAT 27:40 · MAT 27:63 · MRK 8:2 · MRK 8:31 · MRK 9:5 · MRK 9:31 · MRK 10:34 · MRK 14:58 · MRK 15:29 · LUK 1:56 · LUK 2:46 · LUK 4:25 · LUK 9:33 · LUK 10:36 · LUK 11:5 · LUK 12:52 · LUK 12:52 · LUK 13:7 · LUK 13:21 · JHN 2:6 · JHN 2:19 · JHN 2:20 · JHN 21:11 · ACT 5:7 · ACT 7:20 · ACT 9:9 · ACT 11:11 · ACT 17:2 · ACT 19:8 · ACT 20:3 · ACT 25:1 · ACT 28:7 · ACT 28:11 · ACT 28:12 · ACT 28:15 · ACT 28:17 · 1CO 10:8 · 1CO 13:13 · 1CO 14:27 · 1CO 14:29 · 2CO 13:1 · GAL 1:18 · 1TI 5:19 · HEB 10:28 · JAS 5:17 · 1JN 5:7 · 1JN 5:8 · REV 6:6 · REV 8:13 · REV 9:18 · REV 11:9 · REV 11:11 · REV 16:13 · REV 16:19 · REV 21:13 · REV 21:13 · REV 21:13 · REV 21:13
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τρεῖς, of, ai, τρία, τά, three: Mt. xii. 40; Mk. viii. 2; Lk. i. 56; Jn. ii. 19, and often. [From Hom. down.] Tpels TaBepvar, see ταβέρναι.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τρεῖς treis 68x
three, Mt. 12:40. The frequency count does not include its occurrence in the name Τριῶν ταβερνῶν in Acts 28:15 (G5553)
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τρεῖς, οἱ, αἱ, τρία, τά three: Mt 12:40, al.; μετὰ τ. ἡμέρας = τῇ τρίτῃ ἡ., Mk 10:34, al. (cf. Field, Notes, 11 ff.)
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τρεῖς In its only occurrence in the NT (Heb 41%) τετραχηλισμένα can only mean ‘‘laid open,” ‘‘ exposed,” “open” (Vg aferta; Hesych. πεφανερωμένα), but the origin of the metaphor is very doubtful. Moffatt (7CC Hed ad /.) suggests ‘‘ the practice of exposing an offender's face by pushing his head back,” Souter (Zex. s.v.), with greater probability, prefers “‘the bending back of the head in sacrifice so as to expose theneck,’’ like the Homeric aveptw (ZZ. 1. 459). The verb is found in Teles (ed. Hense) pp. 10%, 509: see also Philo de Cherud. 78 (ed. Cohn) πᾶσι τοῖς ἐπιτρέχουσι καὶ τραχηλίζουσι δεινοῖς ὑποβεβλημένος, and the compd. ἐκτραχηλίζω in 20. Leg. Alleg. ili. 109, Quod det. pot. 19.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τρεῖς (treis) — Three. τρεῖς, οἱ, αἱ, τρία, τά: genitive τριῶν: dative τρισί, also τριοῖσι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect τρίσσι [Refs] (written τρες [Refs]: Doric dialect nominative τρέες [Refs]; τρῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τρῖς [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—three, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τρία ἔπεα three words, proverbial in [Refs 5th c.BC+]—for from the earliest times three was a sacred and lucky number, especially with the Pythagoreans (compare τριάς), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ καὶ τῶν τριῶν ἓν οἴσομαι[Refs] —διὰ τριῶν ἀπόλλυμαι I am thrice, i. e. utterly, undone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ διὰ τριῶν ἀγωγή the 'trivium', [Refs 6th c.AD+]by threes, [Refs 5th c.BC+] stem tr[icaron]-, fuller form trey-, nominative tréy-es (Sanskrit tráyas, Latin tres), whence τρέες, contraction τρῆς and τρεῖς (written τρες [Refs]; 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]).)