noun · neuter
theatrem
Strong’sG2302
a theatre, spectacle
stem theatr-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* θέατρον, -ον, τό
(< θεάομαι),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2302 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtheh'-at-ron
a place for public show ("theatre"), i.e. general audience-room; by implication, a show itself (figuratively)
Fromfrom G2300;
King Jamesspectacle, theatre.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect θέητρον, τό, (θεάομαι) place for seeing, especiallyfor dramatic representation, theatre, Refs 5th c.BC+; as a place of assembly, NT+5th c.BC+; θ. κυνηγετικόν, of the Roman amphitheatre, Refs 2nd c.AD+; εἰς τὸ θ. εἰσφέρειν to bring upon the stage, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ καλὸν τοῦ θ. a good place in the theatre, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 collective for οἱ θεαταί, the spectators, 'the house', Refs 5th c.BC+
3 ={θέαμα}, spectacle, θ. ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ NT
4 metaphorically, of life, τουτὶ τὸ θ. ὑπεκρίθημεν Refs 3rd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | theatrem1×θέατρον | theatreim |
| of, belonging to genitive | theatreu | theatreiu |
| to, for dative | theatre | theatrei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
theatre is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
theatrem“spectacle”subject or objectdirect singular1×
1 Corinthians 4:9… apostoloin eschatoin apodeikata hōs epithanatioin, hoti theatrem genina to kosmo kai angeloi kai …… for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels …
theatrem2×
Acts 19:29“theater”… sunchusiau, hormala tē homothumadōs eis tem theatrem sunarpazarantois Gaion kai Aristarchon Makedonoin, sunekdēmoin …… disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
Acts 19:31“theater”… parakalale mē dōara heauton eis tem theatrem.… him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.