Acts 20:3:4Acts.20.3.W4TAB
τρεῖς
treis
“three”
- Transliteration
- TREIS
- Extended
- TREIS
- IPA
- /treis/
Meaning by language
- English
- three
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
TREIS
- sentence
poi-EE-sas te MÊ-nas TREIS ge-no-ME-nês e-pi-bou-LÊS au-TÔ hy-PO TÔN i-ou-dai-ÔN MEL-lon-ti a-NA-ges-thai eis tên sy-REE-an e-GE-ne-to GNÔ-mês tou hy-po-STRE-phein di-A ma-ke-do-NI-as
Exegesis
The object mēnas treis {μῆνας τρεῖς | mênas treîs} ‘months three’ follows normal Greek ordering of noun before numeral, rendered in English as “three months” for idiomatic clarity.
In context — Acts 20:3
After he had spent three months there, when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to return through Macedonia.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 20:3, so the Greek word τρεῖς (treis) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.20.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.3.W4.S1) and character.