Original Word: θεωρία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: theória
Phonetic Spelling: (theh-o-ree'-ah)
Short Definition: a sight, spectacle
Definition: a sight, spectacle.

Cognate: 2335 theōría (the root of the English terms "theatre," "theatrical") – a spectacle, something watched ("beheld, concentrated on"), used only in Lk 23:48. See 2334 (theōreō).

STRONGS NT 2335: θεωρία

θεωρία, θεωριας, ἡ (θεωρός, on which see θεωρέω at the beginning); from (Aeschylus), Herodotus down;

1. a viewing, beholding.

2. that which is viewed; a spectacle, sight: Luke 23:48 (3Macc. 5:24).

sight.

From the same as theoreo; spectatorship, i.e. (concretely) a spectacle -- sight.

see GREEK theoreo

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