Greek · G5154 · unreviewed

τρίτος

Third

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τρίτος G5154

Pronunciation trítos

What does τρίτος (trítos) mean in the Bible?

τρίτος (trítos) is a Greek word meaning "third". τρίτος, -η, -ον the third: Mat.

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Meaning

third

Extended definition

Marks chronological sequence or division; in Revelation, often quantifies catastrophic judgment affecting one-third of creation.

the third: Mat.22:26, Mrk.12:21 15:25, Luk.24:21, Act.2:15, al.; τῇ τ. ἡμέρᾳ (i.e. the next day but one: Xen., al.; see Field, Notes, 11 ff.), Mat.16:21, Luk.24:46, al.; substantively, accusative masc., τρίτον, a third (servant), Luk.20:12; neut., τὸ τ., with genitive, the third part of: Rev.8:7-12 9:15, 18 12:4. As adv., τὸ τ., the third time: Mrk.14:41, Jhn.21:17; anarth., τρίτον, a third time, Luk.23:22, Jhn.21:14, 2Co.12:14 13:1; in enumerations, thirdly, 1Co.12:28; ἐκ τ., a third time, Mat.26:44

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rev 4:7 · Rev 8:7 · Rev 8:8 · Rev 8:9 · Rev 8:11 · Rev 8:12 · Rev 9:18 13×

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 22:26 · Mark 12:21 · Luke 20:31 · Rev 8:10 · Rev 14:9 · Rev 16:4 · Rev 21:19 7×

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 15:25 · Acts 2:15 · Rev 11:14 3×

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 26:44 · Rev 6:5 2×

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:64 · Acts 23:23 2×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine 2 Cor 12:2 1×

Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 16:21 · Matt 17:23 · Matt 20:19 · Luke 9:22 · Luke 12:38 · Luke 13:32 · Luke 18:33 · Luke 24:7 · Luke 24:46 · John 2:1 · Acts 10:40 · Acts 27:19 · 1 Cor 15:4 13×

Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 14:41 · Luke 23:22 · John 21:14 · John 21:17 · 1 Cor 12:28 · 2 Cor 12:14 · 2 Cor 13:1 · Rev 8:10 · Rev 9:15 · Rev 12:4 11×

Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 20:3 · Luke 24:21 · Rev 6:5 3×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses

Luke 12:35-48 third trítos Dative · Singular · Feminine

Ordinal numeral indicating sequence in time, the third watch of night

Luke 13:31-35 third trítos Dative · Singular · Feminine

Ordinal numeral marking temporal sequence, the third day in resurrection prediction

Luke 9:21-27 third trítos Dative · Singular · Feminine

Ordinal numeral indicating temporal sequence, the third day of resurrection prophecy

Appears In

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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.

John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind

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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