What does ἡμέρα · τρεῖς mean in the Bible?
ἡμέρα · τρεῖς is a Greek phrase meaning ""three"".
Greek · G2250, G5140
ἡμέραι τρεῖς
Day · "three"
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ἡμέρα G2250 day
Pronunciation hēméra
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τρεῖς G5140 "three"
Pronunciation treîs
The numeral three holds eschatological weight in NT narratives, especially regarding resurrection timing and divine completion
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What does ἡμέραι τρεῖς (hemerai treis) mean in the Bible?
ἡμέρα · τρεῖς is a Greek phrase meaning ""three"".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2250, G5140?
G2250, G5140 is connected to 389 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. "three"
Source Gloss
"three"
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 389 Case pattern Dative (133) Number pattern Singular (224)
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 9:15 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 24:22 · Matt 24:37 · Mark 2:20 · Mark 8:2 · Mark 13:19 · Luke 1:23 · Luke 2:6 · Luke 2:21 · Luke 2:22 · Luke 5:35 · Luke 9:28 · Luke 13:14 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 19:43 26×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 6:13 · Luke 9:12 · Luke 21:34 · Luke 22:7 · Luke 22:66 · Luke 23:54 · Luke 24:29 · John 9:4 · John 19:31 · Acts 27:33 · Acts 27:39 · Rom 13:12 · 1 Cor 3:13 · 2 Cor 6:2 · 1 Thess 5:2 · 1 Thess 5:4 23×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:12 · Matt 22:46 · Matt 24:36 · Matt 24:38 · Matt 26:29 · Matt 27:64 · Matt 28:15 · Mark 5:5 · Mark 6:21 · Mark 13:32 · Mark 14:25 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 1:80 · Luke 2:44 · Luke 4:42 · Luke 17:4 59×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 11:12 · Matt 24:29 · Matt 26:61 · Mark 2:1 · Mark 14:58 · Luke 5:17 · Luke 8:22 · Luke 17:22 · Luke 20:1 · John 12:1 · Acts 1:3 · Acts 5:36 · Acts 7:45 · Acts 15:7 · Acts 20:6 · Acts 21:26 22×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 6:34 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 10:15 · Matt 11:22 · Matt 11:24 · Matt 12:36 · Matt 13:1 · Matt 16:21 · Matt 17:23 · Matt 20:19 · Matt 22:23 · Matt 24:42 · Matt 24:50 · Mark 2:20 · Mark 4:35 · Mark 14:12 84×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 2:1 · Matt 3:1 · Matt 23:30 · Matt 24:19 · Matt 24:38 · Matt 27:40 · Mark 1:9 · Mark 8:1 · Mark 13:17 · Mark 13:24 · Mark 15:29 · Luke 1:5 · Luke 1:7 · Luke 1:18 · Luke 1:25 · Luke 1:39 49×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 4:2 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 17:1 · Matt 26:2 · Matt 27:63 · Matt 28:20 · Mark 1:13 · Mark 8:31 · Mark 9:2 · Mark 9:31 · Mark 10:34 · Mark 13:20 · Mark 14:1 · Luke 1:24 · Luke 2:43 · Luke 2:46 68×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:2 · Matt 20:6 · Matt 25:13 · Matt 26:55 · Mark 4:27 · Mark 14:49 · Luke 2:37 · Luke 9:23 · Luke 11:3 · Luke 16:19 · Luke 19:47 · Luke 22:53 · Luke 24:21 · John 1:39 · John 8:56 · John 12:7 58×
Word Origins
ἡμέραι τρεῖς is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain