Strong G2335θεωρία
sight
- Transliteration
- theōria
- Pronunciation
- theh-o-ree'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From the same as G2334; spectatorship that is (concretely) a spectacle: - sight.
Detailed definition
θεωρία, -ας, ἡ
(see: θεωρέω), [in LXX: Dan LXX 5:7, 2Ma.5:26 2Mac 15:12, 3Ma.5:24 *;]
1. a viewing.
2. = θεώρημα, a spectacle, sight: Luk.23:48 (both senses in cl.).†
(AS)
(see: θεωρέω), [in LXX: Dan LXX 5:7, 2Ma.5:26 2Mac 15:12, 3Ma.5:24 *;]
1. a viewing.
2. = θεώρημα, a spectacle, sight: Luk.23:48 (both senses in cl.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2335 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sight1
First verses
- Luke 23:48And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θεωρ-ία,
Ionic dialect θεωρίη, Doric dialect θεᾱρία (see. below), Boeotian dialect θιαωρία Ἐφ.Ἀρχ. 1892.34: ἡ:— sending of θεωροί or state-ambassadors to the oracles or games, or, collectively, the θεωροί themselves, embassy, mission, θεωρίαν ἀπάγειν εἰς Δῆλον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 58b: _plural_, opposed to στρατεῖαι, [prev. author] “R.” 556c)]; ἄγειν τῷ Διὶ τῷ Νεμείῳ τὴν κοινὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.115, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.8.2, Decrees Byzantine cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.91 (θεᾱρία), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.19.4.)]
2 office of θεωρός, discharge of that office, τῆς Ὀλυμπίαζε θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.10, etc.)]
II being a spectator at the theatre or games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1491; οὔτ᾽ ἐπὶ θεωρίαν πώποτε ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξῆλθες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 52b; personified in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 523, +others)]
III viewing, beholding, θεωρίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖν to go abroad to see the world, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30)]; κατὰ θεωρίης πρόφασιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 29; ἐκπέμπειν τινὰ κατ᾽ ἐμπορίαν καὶ κατὰ θεωρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.4, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 11.1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.24)]; pilgrimage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1047.)]
III.2 of the mind, contemplation, consideration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 38b: _plural_, θεῖαι θ. [prev. author] “R.” 517d: with _genitive_, παντὸς μὲν χρόνου πάσης δὲ οὐσίας [prev. work] 486a)]; ἡ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἡ τῶν ὅλων θ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.55U., 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.288S.; θ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 989b25)]; ἡ περὶ φύσεως θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.3U., etc.: _plural_, τὰς σαθρὰς αὐτοῦ θ. Demetrius Astrologus Lac. “Herc.” 124.12.)]
III.2.b theory, speculation, opposed to practice, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.5.3)]; ἡ περὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα θ. [Refs ([prev. author] 6.42.6)]; αἱ νυκτεριναὶ καὶ ἡμεριναὶ θ. theoretic reckoning of night and day, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.14.6)]; ἡ μαθηματικὴ θ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 12.)]
III.3 passive, sight, spectacle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 802, etc.)]; especially public spectacle at the theatre or games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1005, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.12)]; ἡ τοῦ Διονύσου θ. the Dionysia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 650a.)]
III.4 Rhet., explanatory preface to a μελέτη, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor in “Hermes” 17.208, etc.)]: so in Philos., continuous exposition, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 18.30, +others)]
Ionic dialect θεωρίη, Doric dialect θεᾱρία (see. below), Boeotian dialect θιαωρία Ἐφ.Ἀρχ. 1892.34: ἡ:— sending of θεωροί or state-ambassadors to the oracles or games, or, collectively, the θεωροί themselves, embassy, mission, θεωρίαν ἀπάγειν εἰς Δῆλον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 58b: _plural_, opposed to στρατεῖαι, [prev. author] “R.” 556c)]; ἄγειν τῷ Διὶ τῷ Νεμείῳ τὴν κοινὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.115, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.8.2, Decrees Byzantine cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.91 (θεᾱρία), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.19.4.)]
2 office of θεωρός, discharge of that office, τῆς Ὀλυμπίαζε θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.10, etc.)]
II being a spectator at the theatre or games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1491; οὔτ᾽ ἐπὶ θεωρίαν πώποτε ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξῆλθες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 52b; personified in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 523, +others)]
III viewing, beholding, θεωρίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖν to go abroad to see the world, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30)]; κατὰ θεωρίης πρόφασιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 29; ἐκπέμπειν τινὰ κατ᾽ ἐμπορίαν καὶ κατὰ θεωρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.4, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 11.1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.24)]; pilgrimage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1047.)]
III.2 of the mind, contemplation, consideration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 38b: _plural_, θεῖαι θ. [prev. author] “R.” 517d: with _genitive_, παντὸς μὲν χρόνου πάσης δὲ οὐσίας [prev. work] 486a)]; ἡ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἡ τῶν ὅλων θ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.55U., 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.288S.; θ. ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 989b25)]; ἡ περὶ φύσεως θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.3U., etc.: _plural_, τὰς σαθρὰς αὐτοῦ θ. Demetrius Astrologus Lac. “Herc.” 124.12.)]
III.2.b theory, speculation, opposed to practice, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.5.3)]; ἡ περὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα θ. [Refs ([prev. author] 6.42.6)]; αἱ νυκτεριναὶ καὶ ἡμεριναὶ θ. theoretic reckoning of night and day, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.14.6)]; ἡ μαθηματικὴ θ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 12.)]
III.3 passive, sight, spectacle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 802, etc.)]; especially public spectacle at the theatre or games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1005, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.12)]; ἡ τοῦ Διονύσου θ. the Dionysia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 650a.)]
III.4 Rhet., explanatory preface to a μελέτη, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor in “Hermes” 17.208, etc.)]: so in Philos., continuous exposition, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 18.30, +others)]