Lexicon theatron: a theater, a spectacle Original Word: θέατρον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: theatron Phonetic Spelling: (theh'-at-ron) Short Definition: a theatre, spectacle Definition: (a) a theatre, a semi-circular stone building, generally open to the sky, (b) a spectacle, show. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 2302 théatron (the root of the English term, "theatre") – a theatre; a place for public exhibition; (figuratively) the public display of putting someone "on exhibit" to be mocked at as a spectacle (cf. 1 Cor 4:9). See 2300 (theáomai). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom theaomaiDefinitiona theater, a spectacle NASB Translationspectacle (1), theater (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2302: θέατρονθέατρον, θεατρου, 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).
Strong's spectacle, theatre. From theaomai; a place for public show ("theatre"), i.e. General audience-room; by implication, a show itself (figuratively) -- spectacle, theatre. see GREEK theaomai |
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