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τρισχίλιοι

trischílioi

G5153 substantive adjective

SILEX Entry

Definition

A numerical adjective meaning 'three thousand,' used to indicate a specific quantity or sum (3,000) of people, things, or units in a context. Employed in quantitative expressions to enumerate or total a group or amount.

Semantic Range

three thousand (as a specific number); a group or totality of three thousand individuals or items

Root / Etymology

Compound of τρίς ('three times') and χίλιοι ('thousand'), literally 'three thousand.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

In Koine Greek, τρισχίλιοι primarily occurs in quantitative contexts, often referencing groups of people (as in Acts 2:41, referencing the number of individuals added). This form is constructed using typical Greek methods for forming large numbers by compounding numerals. The term is rare outside scriptural or numerically precise documentation in antiquity. In the Septuagint and the New Testament, its usage is straightforward, simply denoting a literal count rather than a symbolic or hyperbolic figure. The English translation 'three thousand' captures the literal numerical meaning but omits the distinctive Greek grammatical form where the word functions as an adjective and agrees in gender, number, and case with the noun it modifies. Not used with idiomatic, figurative, or hyperbolic nuance in surviving texts.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from τρίς and χίλιοι; three times a thousand:--three thousand.

Root Family

τρισχίλιοι (trischilioi) — three, thousand, three thousand

Root τρις-, χιλιο- three (times), thousand

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G5153-01 τρισχίλιαι trischiliai ADJ.S NOM F PL three thousand three thousand three thousand 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G5153-01 Acts 2:41 τρισχίλιαι trischiliai ADJ.S NOM F PL three thousand three thousand three thousand
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