| Translation | Verse | Text |
| Strong Concordance | Re 11:9 | And [2532] they [991] of [1537] the people [2992] and [2532] kindreds [5443] and [2532] tongues [1100] and [2532] nations [1484] shall see [991] their [846] dead bodies [4430] three [5140] days [2250] and [2532] an half [2255], and [2532] shall [863] not [3756] suffer [863] their [846] dead bodies [4430] to be put [5087] in [1519] graves [3418]. |
| Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
| THREE | The phrase "three days and three nights," Mt 12:40, was equivalent in Hebrew to the English "three days;" the Jews employing the expression "a day and a night" to denote our "day" of twentyfour hours. Nor did "three days," 1Sa 30:13, literally "this third day," according to their usage, necessarily include the whole of three days, but a part of three days, a continuous period including one whole day of twenty-four hours, and a portion of the day preceding it and the day following it. Compare Ge 7:12,17 1Sa 30:12-13. |