θέατρον théatron
Meaning
a place for public show ("theatre"), i.e. general audience-room; by implication, a show itself (figuratively)
In the King James Version: spectacle, theatre
Derivation: from G2300 (θεάομαι);
Where it is used
- Acts 19:29 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 19:31 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.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9 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.