tritos · third

What it means

tritos (τρίτος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “third”.

"triton", the third time.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The one after the second; above all, the third day.
2. One of three equal parts of something.
3. The third time something happens.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Third, the one that makes three; in the neuter, the third part, and as an adverb, the third time. It comes from τρεῖς (‘three’, G5140).

• “On the third day be raised” Luke 9:22Matthew 16:211 Corinthians 15:4
• “A third time” Luke 23:222 Corinthians 13:1
• The third hour Mark 15:25Matthew 20:3
• “A third” in Revelation Revelation 8:7Revelation 8:8
• “To the third heaven” 2 Corinthians 12:2

How we translate it

“Third” all 56 times, in each of its uses: “the third day”, “a third” (the third part), “a third time”, “the third hour”. The phrase “on the third day” is kept the same in the announcements of the resurrection and in 1 Corinthians 15:4, so that the same formula is recognized. In Revelation 8-9 “a third” recurs with each trumpet, and it is kept as it is.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×3
• Luke×10
• John×4
• Acts×4
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×3
• Revelation×23

• Matthew 16:21

  From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

• Matthew 17:23

  and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were deeply grieved.

• Matthew 20:3

  And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

• Matthew 20:19

  and will hand him over to the nations to mock and flog and crucify him, and on the third day he will be raised.”

• Matthew 22:26

  likewise also the second and the third, up to the seven.

• Matthew 26:44

  And leaving them again, he went away and prayed a third time, saying the same words again.

• Matthew 27:64

  So order the grave to be made secure until the third day, so that his disciples may not come and steal him and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

• Mark 12:21

  and the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring; and the third likewise;

• Mark 14:41

  And he comes the third time and says to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come; look, the Son of Man is handed over into the hands of sinners.

• Mark 15:25

  Now it was the third hour when they crucified him.

• Luke 9:22

  saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

• Luke 12:38

  And if in the second watch or if in the third watch he comes and finds them so, happy are those slaves.

• Luke 13:32

  And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Look, I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I am brought to completion.’

• Luke 18:33

  and after flogging him, they will kill him; and on the third day he will rise.”

• Luke 20:12

  And he went on to send a third; but they wounded this one also and threw him out.

• Luke 20:31

  and the third took her; and likewise also the seven left no children and died.

• Luke 23:22

  And he said to them a third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found no guilt deserving death in him; so after punishing him I will release him.”

• Luke 24:7

  saying that the Son of Man must be handed over into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.”

• Luke 24:21

  But we were hoping that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, along with all these things, this is the third day since these things happened.

• Luke 24:46

  And he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah should suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

• John 2:1

  And on the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

• John 21:14

  This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after being raised from the dead.

• John 21:17

  He says to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you hold me dear?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you hold me dear?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I hold you dear.” Jesus says to him, “Feed my sheep.

• Acts 2:15

  For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day.

• Acts 10:40

  This man God raised on the third day and granted him to become visible,

• Acts 23:23

  And calling two of the centurions, he said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, from the third hour of the night;

• Acts 27:19

  and on the third day with their own hands they threw out the ship’s gear.

• 1 Corinthians 12:28

  And God has placed some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administration, kinds of tongues.

• 1 Corinthians 15:4

  and that he was buried, and that he has been raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

• 2 Corinthians 12:2

  I know a man in the Messiah fourteen years ago —whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows— that such a one was caught up to the third heaven.

• 2 Corinthians 12:14

  Look, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden; for I do not seek what is yours but you. For children ought not to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

• 2 Corinthians 13:1

  This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two witnesses and of three every word will be established.”

• Revelation 4:7

  And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature had the face as of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.

• Revelation 6:5

  And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” And I looked, and look, a black horse, and the one who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

• Revelation 8:7

  And the first blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees was burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

• Revelation 8:8

  And the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood,

• Revelation 8:9

  and a third of the creatures in the sea, those that had life, died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

• Revelation 8:10

  And the third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a lamp, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of the waters.

• Revelation 8:11

  And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.

• Revelation 8:12

  And the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon and a third of the stars, so that a third of them would be darkened, and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night likewise.

And 16 more times.