What does τρεῖς · ἡμέρα mean in the Bible?
τρεῖς · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning ""three"".
Greek · G5140, G2250
τρισὶν ἡμέραις
"Three" · day
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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 τρισὶν ἡμέραις (trisin hēmerais) mean in the Bible?
τρεῖς · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning ""three"".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5140, G2250?
G5140, G2250 is connected to 67 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 10 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 10 Aligned forms 67 Case pattern Accusative (36) Number pattern Plural (67)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 18:20 · Luke 12:52 · Acts 11:11 · 1 Cor 14:29 · 1 John 5:7 · 1 John 5:8 · Rev 21:13 10×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 15:32 · Mark 8:2 · 1 Cor 10:8 · Rev 6:6 4×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 13:13 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 18:16 · Luke 10:36 · John 21:11 · 2 Cor 13:1 · 1 Tim 5:19 · Rev 8:13 6×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 26:61 · Mark 14:58 · Acts 5:7 · Rev 9:18 4×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 27:40 · Mark 15:29 · John 2:19 · John 2:20 4×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 12:52 · Heb 10:28 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 12:40 · Matt 17:4 · Matt 27:63 · Mark 8:31 · Mark 9:5 · Mark 9:31 · Mark 10:34 · Luke 2:46 · Luke 9:33 · Acts 9:9 · Acts 25:1 · Acts 28:7 · Acts 28:12 · Acts 28:17 · Rev 11:9 · Rev 11:11 19×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 1:56 · Luke 11:5 · John 2:6 · Acts 7:20 · Acts 19:8 · Acts 20:3 · Acts 28:11 · 1 Cor 14:27 · Jas 5:17 9×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:33 · Luke 4:25 · Luke 13:7 · Luke 13:21 · Acts 17:2 · Gal 1:18 · Rev 16:13 · Rev 16:19 8×
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