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three

adjective
Two and one. I offer thee three things. 2 Samuel 24:12.

three

It is often used like other adjectives, without the noun to which it refers. Abishai--attained not to the first three. 2 Samuel 23:18-19.

three

Proverbially, a small number. Away, thou three-inched fool.