Definition
θέατρον, -ον, τό
(θεάομαι),
1. a theatre (used also as a place of assembly): Acts 19:29, 31.
2. Collective for οἱ θεαταί, the spectators.
3. = θέα, θέαμα, a spectacle, show: metaphorically, 1 Corinthians 4:9.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Acts 19:29θέατρον · theatreSoon 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 19:31θέατρον · theatreEven 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.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9θέατρον · a spectacleFor 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.