What does μετά · τρεῖς · ἡμέρα mean in the Bible?
μετά · τρεῖς · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "after three days".
Greek · G3326, G5140, G2250
μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας
With/after · "three" · day
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μετά G3326 with/after
Pronunciation metá
Marks association/companionship with persons or divine presence; gradually replaced σύν in NT usage.
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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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ἡμέρα G2250 day
Pronunciation hēméra
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What does μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας (meta treis hēmeras) mean in the Bible?
μετά · τρεῖς · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "after three days".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3326, G5140, G2250?
G3326, G5140, G2250 is connected to 470 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. after three days
Source Gloss
after three days
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 470
Matt 1:12 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 2:3 · Matt 2:11 · Matt 4:21 · Matt 5:25 · Matt 5:41 · Matt 8:11 · Matt 9:11 · Matt 9:15 · Matt 12:3 · Matt 12:4 · Matt 12:30 · Matt 12:41 · Matt 12:42 · Matt 12:45 470×
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