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# thrice

«thrice» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **three times: he knocked thrice** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (thrice) — old-fashioned, formal

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old-fashioned) Thrice means three times: he knocked thrice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#m1)

2) Thrice can also be used before a word to mean very or extremely, as in "thrice-lovely". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Old stories, fairy tales, poems and the Bible use «thrice»; in modern talk people say «three times». Maths: thrice a number means the number multiplied by 3. Bible: Jesus told Peter he would deny him thrice before the cock crowed. Compare: once, twice, thrice, then «four times».

### examples

- Lo, all these things doth God work, twice, yea thrice, with a man, (Writings JOB.33.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x1)
- And he said unto the king of Israel: 'Smite upon the ground'; and he smote thrice, and stayed. (Prophets 2KI.13.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x2)
- And the man of God was wroth with him, and said: 'Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Aram till thou hadst consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Aram but thrice.' (Prophets 2KI.13.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x3)
- The knight knocked thrice on the castle door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x4)
- Thrice the witch stirred the pot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x5)
- Thrice 4 is 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x6)
- Peter denied knowing Jesus thrice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x7)
- He was thrice champion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x8)
- In modern English we usually say «three times», not «thrice». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x9)
- Then the thrice-lovely Nastasia herself leaped into the vats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/#x10)

### note

Old-fashioned; in school maths write «three times» or «×3». There is no «fource»: after thrice, say «four times», «five times». Maths: thrice 7 = 21.

### In the corpora

- [And he said unto the king of Israel: 'Smite upon the ground'; and he smote thrice, and stayed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.407/)
- [Lo, all these things doth God work, twice, yea thrice, with a man,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.873/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thrice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.