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τρεῖς ἄρτους

"Three" · bread (as raised) or a loaf

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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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ἄρτος G740 bread (as raised) or a loaf
Pronunciation ártos
Staple food source representing sustenance, or metaphorically Christ as life-giving spiritual nourishment in John 6.
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What does τρεῖς ἄρτους (treis artous) mean in the Bible?

τρεῖς · ἄρτος is a Greek word meaning "three loaves".

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Meaning

three loaves
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×
67 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 6 — Rejected Prophet, Sending Lord, Wilderness Shepherd, and Divine Son on the Sea Mark 7 — True Defilement and Boundary-Crossing Mercy Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded Matthew 4 — The Tested Son, the Kingdom Proclaimed, and the First Disciples Called Matthew 6 — Hidden Righteousness, the Father’s Reward, and Seeking First the Kingdom

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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