What does θέατρον (théatron) mean in the Bible?
θέατρον (théatron) is a Greek word meaning "theatre".
Greek · G2302
θέατρον
Theatre
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θέατρονG2302
Pronunciationthéatron
What does θέατρον (théatron) mean in the Bible?
θέατρον (théatron) is a Greek word meaning "theatre".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2302?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include theatre (2), a spectacle (1).
Where does θέατρον (théatron) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 19:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ittheatre2×Acts 19:29, Acts 19:31
a spectacle1×1 Corinthians 4:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 19:29
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Acts21 Corinthians1
Source forms
θέατρον3xtheatronActs 19:29, Acts 19:31, 1 Corinthians 4:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular2xActs 19:29, Acts 19:31
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular1x1 Corinthians 4:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. theatre
Strong'sG2302
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
theatre
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 19:29Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
θέατρον,qeatron
a theatre, spectacle
Read verseActs 19:31Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
θέατρον.qeatron
a theatre, spectacle
Read verse1 Corinthians 4:9Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
θέατρονqeatron
a theatre, spectacle
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter1 Cor 4:91×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterActs 19:29 · Acts 19:312×
Word Origins
θέατρον is built from this root: