Help QuickNav Adv. Options
BBE

BBE

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G2302 - theatron

Aa
θέατρον
Transliteration
theatron (Key)
Pronunciation
theh'-at-ron
Listen
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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:29 - And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31 - And some of the rulers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, requesting him seriously not to put himself in danger by going into the theatre.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9 - For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BBE
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
BBE
Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan