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Lexicon :: Strong's G2302 - theatron

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θέατρον
Transliteration
theatron (Key)
Pronunciation
theh'-at-ron
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 1 unique form(s) TR
3x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2302 matches the Greek θέατρον (theatron),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29 - Soon the whole city was filled with confusion. Everyone rushed to the amphitheater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, who were Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31 - Some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, also sent a message to him, begging him not to risk his life by entering the amphitheater.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9 - Instead, I sometimes think God has put us apostles on display, like prisoners of war at the end of a victor’s parade, condemned to die. We have become a spectacle to the entire world—to people and angels alike.
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