27 occurrences

'Three' in the Bible

The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.

And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.

And Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.

He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai and Hizkiah and Azrikam, three.

The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.

So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.

This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear.

And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three great fighters.

And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

So the three, forcing a way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David; but David would not take it, but made an offering of it, draining it out to the Lord,

Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.

Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.

He was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants.

And Jehoiada, chief of the family of Aaron, and with him three thousand, seven hundred men;

And of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand; for up to that time the greater part of them had been true to Saul.

For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.

And the ark of God was in the house of Obed-edom for three months; and the Lord sent a blessing on the house of Obed-edom and on all he had.

Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, so that I may do it to you.

Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destruction through all the land of Israel. Now give thought to the answer I am to take back to him who sent me.

The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.

All these were sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God. And to make great his power God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of the best silver, for plating the walls of the house:

For forty years he was ruling as king over Israel, seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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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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