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τρεῖς
treîs · Greek · Strong's G5140 · 67 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “three”
What it means
"three"
a primary (plural) number;
How the KJV renders it
three
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Answers that weigh this word
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Where it appears
67 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 13:13 · A-NPN
But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 14:27 · A-APM
If any man speaks in another language, let there be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
1 Corinthians 14:29 · A-NPM
Let two or three of the prophets speak, and let the others discern.
1 John 5:7 · A-NPM
For there are three who testify:
1 John 5:8 · A-NPM
the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
1 Timothy 5:19 · A-GPM
Don’t receive an accusation against an elder except at the word of two or three witnesses.
2 Corinthians 13:1 A-GPMActs 5:7 A-GPFActs 7:20 A-APMActs 9:9 A-APFActs 11:11 A-NPMActs 17:2 A-APNActs 19:8 A-APMActs 20:3 A-APMActs 25:1 A-APFActs 28:7 A-APFActs 28:11 A-APMActs 28:12 A-APFActs 28:15 A-GPFActs 28:17 A-APFGalatians 1:18 A-APNHebrews 10:28 A-DPMJames 5:17 A-APMJohn 2:6 A-APMJohn 2:19 A-DPFJohn 2:20 A-DPFJohn 21:11 A-GPMLuke 1:56 A-APMLuke 2:46 A-APFLuke 4:25 A-APNLuke 9:33 A-APFLuke 10:36 A-GPMLuke 11:5 A-APMLuke 12:52 A-DPMLuke 13:7 A-APNLuke 13:21 A-APNMatthew 12:40 A-APFMatthew 13:33 A-APNMatthew 15:32 A-NPFMatthew 17:4 A-APFMatthew 18:16 A-GPMMatthew 18:20 A-NPMMatthew 26:61 A-GPFMatthew 27:40 A-DPFMatthew 27:63 A-APFMark 8:2 A-NPFMark 8:31 A-APFMark 9:5 A-APFMark 9:31 A-APFMark 10:34 A-APFMark 14:58 A-GPFMark 15:29 A-DPFRevelation 6:6 A-NPMRevelation 8:13 A-GPMRevelation 9:18 A-GPFRevelation 11:9 A-APFRevelation 11:11 A-APFRevelation 16:13 A-APNRevelation 16:19 A-APNRevelation 21:13 A-NPM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.