The number 3
Divine completeness, Trinity, resurrection
God's own numbers — unity, completeness, divine order
Three represents divine completeness and perfection. It is the number of the Godhead (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) and resurrection (Christ rose on the third day). Three signifies solid testimony and completeness.
In Hebrew and Greek
Hebrew
Shalosh (שָׁלוֹשׁ) - three, related to peace/completeness
Greek
Treis (τρεῖς) - three
First occurrence
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
The pattern in Scripture
- Trinity - Father, Son, Holy Spirit
- Jonah three days in the fish
- Christ rose on third day
- Three patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
- Holy, Holy, Holy (Isa 6:3)
Key verses
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughter...
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cu...
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife,...
3:3 verses
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of...
And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; th...
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to mi...
So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we...