treis marks an exact count of three people, things, units, or periods in Scripture.

The term marks a count of three across groups of people and things, measured quantities, and spans of time. The same numerical use appears in clauses concerning three witnesses, three tents, three measures, three days, months, years, and a set of three remaining realities.

1. An exact count of three · dominant

   The forms specify three members of a group or set: in 1 Corinthians 13:13 the APB renders the clause "these three remain: faith, hope, love," and in 1 John 5:8 it names the Spirit, water, and blood before saying "these three are one." They also quantify periods and measures: Acts 20:3 renders "three months," Matthew 12:40 renders "three days and three nights," and Matthew 13:33 renders "three seahs of flour." In 1 Timothy 5:19, the genitive plural form occurs in the clause about evidence from "two or three witnesses."

   1 Corinthians 13:131 John 5:8Acts 20:3Matthew 12:40Matthew 13:331 Timothy 5:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly represents the numerical force with "three," including groups, witnesses, measures, and periods such as days, months, and years. These English instances confirm the clauses' overall counting function rather than supplying a separate lexical nuance.