UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: ἀκροατήριον; -ου

Sense 1: audience hall, auditorium

Semantic entry: 7.13

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Buildings

Definition: a relatively large building normally used for legal hearings, though possibly also employed for more general purposes

Notes: In a number of languages ἀκροατήριον may be rendered as ‘a large hall’ or ‘a place where many people could gather together’ or ‘a building where many people could sit to listen.’

Further resources: realia:3.18

ACT 25:23: RV ACT 25:23 · LV ACT 25:23 · Read together ACT 25:23

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OET-RV ACT 25:23

23 So the next day, King Agrippas and Bernike formally arrived with all their attendants and entered the auditorium to greet the commanders and the prominent men of the city, and then Festos ordered for Paulos to be brought in.

OET-LV ACT 25:23

23 Therefore on _the day of _next, the Agrippas and the Bernikaʸ having _come with great pageantry, and having _come _in into the auditorium with both commanders and men which in prominence in _the city, and having _commanded the Faʸstos, the Paulos was _brought.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀκροατήριον

Form 1

Sense 1: audience hall, auditorium