What does τρίς (trís) mean in the Bible?
τρίς (trís) is a Greek word meaning "three times".
Greek · G5151
τρίς
Three times
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τρίς G5151
Pronunciation trís
What does τρίς (trís) mean in the Bible?
τρίς (trís) is a Greek word meaning "three times".
Full entry for τρίς (G5151) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5151?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include three times (12).
Where does τρίς (trís) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:34. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (3), Acts (2), Luke (2), Mark (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It three times 12× Matthew 26:34, Matthew 26:75, Mark 14:30, Mark 14:72
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 26:34 τρὶς to three times Adverb Matthew 26:75 τρὶς to three times Adverb Mark 14:30 τρίς to three times Adverb Mark 14:72 τρίς to three times Adverb Luke 22:34 τρίς to three times Adverb Luke 22:61 τρίς to three times Adverb John 13:38 τρίς to three times Adverb Acts 10:16 τρίς to three times Adverb Acts 11:10 τρίς to three times Adverb 2 Corinthians 11:25 τρὶς to Three times Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:34
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 6
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Luke 2 John 1 Acts 2 2 Corinthians 3
Source forms
τρίς 7x tris Mark 14:30, Mark 14:72, Luke 22:34, Luke 22:61
τρὶς 5x tris Matthew 26:34, Matthew 26:75, 2 Corinthians 11:25, 2 Corinthians 12:8
Parsing patterns
Adverb 12x Matthew 26:34, Matthew 26:75, Mark 14:30, Mark 14:72
Evidence Summary
Greek word. three times
Strong's G5151
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 12 times Word forms 1 form 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
three times
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:34 Adverb
τρὶς triv
three times
Read verse Matthew 26:75 Adverb
τρὶς triv
three times
Read verse Mark 14:30 Adverb
τρὶς triv
three times
Read verse Mark 14:72 Adverb
τρίς. triv
three times
Read verse Luke 22:34 Adverb
τρὶς triv
three times
Read verse Luke 22:61 Adverb
τρίς. triv
three times
Read verse John 13:38 Adverb
τρίς. triv
three times
Read verse Acts 10:16 Adverb
τρίς· triv
three times
Read verse Acts 11:10 Adverb
τρίς, triv
three times
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:25 Adverb
τρὶς triv
three times
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:25 Adverb
τρὶς triv
three times
Read verse 2 Corinthians 12:8 Adverb
τρὶς triv
three times
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 12
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 26:34 · Matt 26:75 · Mark 14:30 · Mark 14:72 · Luke 22:34 · Luke 22:61 · John 13:38 · Acts 10:16 · Acts 11:10 · 2 Cor 11:25 · 2 Cor 12:8 12×
Word Origins
τρίς is built from this root:
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