Treis τρεῖς

Treis (Greek τρεῖς, Strong's G5140) is a Greek adjective meaning “Three”. It occurs 71 times in 62 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Treis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• 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.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 13:33
  Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.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.”
• Matthew 15:32
  Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.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.”
• Matthew 17:4
  Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.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.”
• Matthew 18:16
  But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.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.’
• Matthew 18:20
  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
• Matthew 26:61
  And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
• Matthew 27:40
  And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.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!”
• Matthew 27:63
  Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Mark

• Mark 8:2
  I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
• 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, and after three days rise again.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.
• Mark 9:5
  And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.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.”
• Mark 9:31
  For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.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.”
• Mark 10:34
  And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”
• Mark 14:58
  We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
• 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,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,

Luke

• Luke 1:56
  And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
• Luke 2:46
  And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
• Luke 4:25
  But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;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.
• Luke 9:33
  And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.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.)
• Luke 10:36
  Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
• Luke 11:5
  And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
• Luke 12:52
  For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
• Luke 13:7
  Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?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?’
• Luke 13:21
  It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

John

• John 2:6
  And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
• John 2:19
  Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
• John 2:20
  Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
• John 21:11
  Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.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.

Acts

• Acts 5:7
  And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
• Acts 7:20
  In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months: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.
• Acts 9:9
  And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.
• Acts 10:19
  While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
• Acts 11:11
  And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me.Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
• Acts 17:2
  And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
• Acts 19:8
  And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
• Acts 20:3
  And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.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.
• Acts 25:1
  Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem.Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
• Acts 28:7
  In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
• Acts 28:11
  And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
• Acts 28:12
  And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
• Acts 28:15
  And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.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.
• Acts 28:17
  And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.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.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 10:8
  Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
• 1 Corinthians 13:13
  And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
• 1 Corinthians 14:27
  If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
• 1 Corinthians 14:29
  Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 13:1
  This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

Galatians

• Galatians 1:18
  Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 5:19
  Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 10:28
  He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

James

• James 5:17
  Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.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.

1 John

• 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.For there are three that testify:
• 1 John 5:8
  And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.

Revelation

• Revelation 6:6
  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.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.”
• Revelation 8:13
  And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!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!”
• Revelation 9:18
  By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
• Revelation 11:9
  And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.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.
• Revelation 11:11
  And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.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.
• 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.And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and 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 of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.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.
• Revelation 21:13
  On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).