BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G2302
theatron — theatre
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)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20291
eiskukleō — to plunge into
in a theatre, to turn a thing inwards by machinery , of changing scenes in a theatre: —;metaphorically, δαίμων πράγματα εἰσκεκύκληκεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν some spirit has brought scenes of trouble into the house, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6691
bouleutikos — of a counselor
1. of or for the council or the councillors , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. able to advise or deliberate , (Plato Philosophus), etc. 3. as Substantive, βουλευτικόν, in the Athen. theatre, the seats next the orchestra, reserved for the Council , (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. the senatorial order , (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8787
pēgma — a bank of water
1. anything joined together, framework , of a ship, [variant datesAnthology Palantina:—;Lat. pegma, a moveable scaffold used in theatres, (Juvenal) 2. metaphorically, π. γενναίως παγέν a bond in honour bound, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. π. τῆς χιόνος frozen snow, (Polybius Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →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.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
