θέατρον
Transliteration
theatron (Key)
Pronunciation
theh'-at-ron
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From θεάομαι (G2300)
mGNT
3x in 1 unique form(s) TR
3x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
θέατρον — 3x
θέατρον — 3x
Dictionary Aids

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TDNT Reference: 3:42,318

Strong’s Definitions

θέατρον théatron, theh'-at-ron; from G2300; a place for public show ("theatre"), i.e. general audience-room; by implication, a show itself (figuratively):—spectacle, theatre.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G2302 in the following manner: theatre (2x), spectacle (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G2302 in the following manner: theatre (2x), spectacle (1x).

  1. a theatre, a place in which games and dramatic spectacles are exhibited, and public assemblies held (for the Greeks used the theatre also as a forum)

  2. a public show

    1. metaph., a man who is exhibited to be gazed at and made sport of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θέατρον théatron, theh'-at-ron; from G2300; a place for public show ("theatre"), i.e. general audience-room; by implication, a show itself (figuratively):—spectacle, theatre.
STRONGS G2302:
θέατρον, -ου, τό (θεάομαι);
1. a theatre, a place in which games and dramatic spectacles are exhibited, and public assemblies held (for the Greeks used the theatre also as a forum): Acts 19:29, 31.
2. equivalent to θεά and θέαμα, a public show (Aeschines dial. socr. 3, 20; Achilles Tatius 1, 16, p. 55), and hence, metaphorically, a man who is exhibited to be gazed at and made sport of: 1 Corinthians 4:9 [A. V. a spectacle].
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References

Acts
Acts 19:29; Acts 19:31
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 4:9
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