Greek noun (neuter) · G2302
θέατρον
theatrontheh'-at-ron
a theatre; Collective for οἱ θεαταί, the spectators.; = θέα, θέαμα, a spectacle, show
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: théatron
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2302is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2302
a place for public show ("theatre"), i.e. general audience-room; by implication, a show itself (figuratively)
The King James renders it: spectacle, theatre.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
theatron is rendered "a theatre; Collective for οἱ θεαταί, the spectators.; = θέα, θέαμα, a spectacle, show". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "a theatre".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 19:29Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
The first use
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
Acts 19:29θέατρον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a theatre, and Collective for οἱ θεαταί, the spectators., and = θέα, θέαμα, a spectacle, show.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a theatre(used also as a place of assembly): Act.19:29, 31. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 19:29Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre… |
| Collective for οἱ θεαταί, the spectators. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| = θέα, θέαμα, a spectacle, showmetaphorically, 1Co.4:9.† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θεατρίζω | theatrizo | to expose | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θέατρον3
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular2N-ASN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
Acts
two uses
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
- θέατρονtheatronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: theatre
Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
- θέατρονtheatronnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: theatre
1 Corinthians
one use
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
- θέατρονtheatronnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a spectacle
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.