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Theatre

Only mentioned in Acts 19:29, 31. The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating some 56,700 persons. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G2302
Greek
θέατρον · theatron

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

θέατρον

G2302
Transliteration
theatron
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

theatre, spectacle, theatre

Lexicon definition

θέατρον, -ον, τό (θεάομαι), __1. a theatre (used also as a place of assembly): Act.19:29, 31. __2. Collective for οἱ θεαταί, the spectators. __3. = θέα, θέαμα, a spectacle, show: metaphorically, 1Co.4:9.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Θέᾱτρον

G2302
Transliteration
théatron
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

spectacle, theatre

Lexicon definition

a theatre, a place where public games and spectacles are exhibited, Ac. 19.29, 31; meton. a show, gazing-stock, 1 Co. 4.9.

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Theatre

Only mentioned in Acts 19:29, 31. The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating some 56,700 persons. It was the largest structure of the kind that ever existed. Theatres, as places of amusement, were unknown to the Jews.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Theatre

Indexed occurrences: 2

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All Scripture references2 references

Acts 2

Acts 19:29Acts 19:31

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Theatre

Only mentioned in Acts 19:29, 31. The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating some 56,700 persons. It was the largest structure of the kind that ever existed. Theatres, as places of amusement, were unknown to the Jews.

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