Quick Definition
lasting three months
Strong's Definition
a three months' space
Derivation: neuter of a compound of G5140 (τρεῖς) and G3376 (μήν) as noun;
KJV Usage: three months
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τρίμηνος, τρίμηνον (τρεῖς and μήν), of three months (Sophocles, Aristotle, Theophrastus, others); neuter used as a substantive, a space of three months (Polybius, Plutarch, 2Ki_24:8): Heb_11:23.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τρίμηνος trimēnos 1x
the space of three months, Heb_11:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τρίμηνος , -ον
( <τρεῖς , μήν ),
[in LXX (neut.): Gen_38:24 , 2Ki_23:31 B 2Ki_24:8 , 2Ch_36:2 ; 2Ch_36:9 ( H2320 H7969 ) * ;]
of three months; as subst ., τὸ τ . ( = cl . ἡ τ .), a space of three months ( Polyb ., al. ; LXX ): Heb_11:23 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τρίμηνος (~ τρίμηνον ) [page 642]
lasting three months ( Heb_11:23 ) : cf. P Cairo Zen II. 59155 .6 (B.C. 256) κατάσπειρε τὸν τρίμηνον πυρόν , sow the three-month wheat. For τρίμηνος used as a subst. see P Loud 18 .10 (B.C. 161) (= I. p. 23) ἀπὸ Φαμενὼθ ᾱ ἕως Παχὼν λ̄ γίνονται τῆς τριμήνου ὀλυρῶν κ̄δ̄ (ἄρταβαι ) : the editor compares Herod. ii. 124. Similar exx. are BGU VII. 1717 .5 (ii/iii A.D.) and PSI VI. 689 .5, .30 (v/A.D. ?).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τρίμηνος, -ον
(τρεῖς, μήν) [in LXX (neut.): Gen.38:24, 4Ki.23:31 B 4Ki.24:8, 2Ch.36:2 36:9 (חֹדֶשׁ שָׁלוֹשׁ) * ;]
of three months; as subst., τὸ τ. (= cl. ἡ τ.), a space of three months (Polyb., al.; LXX): Heb.11:23.†
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