Taverns
ΤαβέρναιStrong’s G5140Tabernai
Appears in 62 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tabernai is the Greek word usually translated “three” and “third”. It appears in 62 verses of the New Testament.
“Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.”
Meaning
Usually translated “three” and “third”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- three 68
- third 2
- of three 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 14
- Matthew 9
- Luke 9
- Revelation 8
- Mark 7
- John 4
13 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 12:40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matthew 13:33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
- Matthew 17:4Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
- Matthew 18:16But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
- Matthew 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
All 62 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
Ταβέρναι Tabernai · Taverns
ταβέρνη (Lat. taberna), see: Τρεῖς Ταβέρναι. Τρεῖς Ταβέρναι (see: ταβέρνη), Three Taverns (Lit. Tres Tabernae) a halting place on the Appian Way: Act.28:15 (see DB, iv, 690).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “three” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THREE, adjective
[Latin tres.]
- Two and one.“I offer thee three things” 2 Samuel 24:12
- It is often used like other adjectives, without the noun to which it refers.
- Proverbially, a small number.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.