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θέατρον

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
θέατρον, ου, τό
Greek transliteration: 
theatron
Simplified transliteration: 
theatron
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2302
GK Number: 
2519
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2c
Gloss: 
theatre, spectacle, theatrical play
Definition: 
a theater, a place where public games and spectacles are exhibited, Acts 19:29, 31; meton. a show, gazing-stock, 1 Cor. 4:9*

Greek-English Concordance for θέατρον

Acts 19:29 So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed with a single purpose into the theater (theatron | θέατρον | acc sg neut), dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling-companions of Paul.
Acts 19:31 And also some of the Asiarchs, being friendly to him, sent to him and urged him not to commit himself to the theater (theatron | θέατρον | acc sg neut).
1 Corinthians 4:9 For it seems to me that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle (theatron | θέατρον | nom sg neut) to the world, both to angels and to men.