UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: theater

Semantic entry: 7.54

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Open Constructions

Definition: a rather large, normally semicircular open structure capable of seating several thousand people and often used for public assemblies

Notes: The emphasis in RV ACT 19:29 · LV ACT 19:29 · Read together ACT 19:29 is upon the theater as a place for assembly and not as a place for dramas. In some languages the most appropriate equivalent is actually ‘meeting place.’ In other instances one may use a term which designates an ‘enclosure.’

Further resources: realia:3.13.5

Sense 2: spectacle, unusual sight

Semantic entry: 24.15

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: See

Definition: (derivative of θεωρέω[a] ‘to observe,’ 24.14: θεάομαι / 24.14: θεωρέω) an unusual object or event which is observed