17 occurrences

'Three' in the Bible

Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

Three hundred men lapped; the rest of the men kneeled to drink water.

The Lord said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver the whole army and I will hand Midian over to you. The rest of the men should go home."

The men who were chosen took supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites were camped down below in the valley.

He divided the three hundred men into three units. He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.

All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. Then they yelled, "A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!"

When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites.

Abimelech commanded Israel for three years.

he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down.

Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time?

He said to them, "Out of the one who eats came something to eat; out of the strong one came something sweet." They could not solve the riddle for three days.

Samson went and captured three hundred jackals and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair.

Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?" He said to them, "I have only done to them what they have done to me."

She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong."

Now the temple was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.

His father-in-law, the girl's father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁלשׁ 
Shalash 
Usage: 9

שׁלישׁי 
Sh@liyshiy 
Usage: 108

ἑβδομήκοντα 
hebdomekonta 
Usage: 5

אדּר 
'iddar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

אדשׁ 
'adash 
Usage: 0

אסף 
'acuph 
Usage: 3

ארבּעה ארבּע 
'arba` 
Usage: 318

גּרן 
Goren 
Usage: 36

דּישׁ דּושׁ דּוּשׁ 
Duwsh 
Usage: 14

דּישׁ 
Dayish 
Usage: 1

דּרך 
Darak 
Usage: 63

חבט 
Chabat 
Usage: 5

חוּט 
Chuwt 
Usage: 7

חרץ חרוּץ 
Charuwts 
Usage: 18

מדשּׁה 
M@dushshah 
Usage: 1

מרג מורג 
Mowrag 
Usage: 3

מפתּן 
Miphtan 
Usage: 8

סף 
Caph 
Usage: 32

סקל 
Caqal 
Usage: 22

פּתיל 
Pathiyl 
Usage: 11

שׁבעים 
Shib`iym 
Usage: 91

שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

שׁני 
Shaniy 
Usage: 42

שׁשּׁה שׁשׁ 
Shesh 
Usage: 215

שׁשּׁים 
Shishshiym 
Usage: 59

שׁתּין 
Shittiyn (Aramaic) 
Usage: 4

תּלתא תּלתה תּלת 
T@lath (Aramaic) 
Usage: 11

ἀλοάω 
Aloao 
Usage: 3

ἀπειλέω 
Apeileo 
Usage: 2

ἀπειλή 
Apeile 
Usage: 4

ἑξήκοντα 
hexekonta 
Usage: 4

πέντε 
Pente 
Usage: 20

προσαπειλέω 
Prosapeileo 
Usage: 1

τρεῖς τρία 
Treis 
Usage: 51

τριακόσιοι 
Triakosioi 
Usage: 2

τριετία 
Trietia 
Usage: 1

τρίμηνον 
Trimenon 
Usage: 1

τρίς 
Tris 
Usage: 7

τρισχίλιοι 
Trischilioi 
Usage: 1

χξς 
Chi xi stigma 
Usage: 1

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