Hall
ἀκροατήριονStrong’s G0201akroatērion
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Akroatērion is the Greek word usually translated “audience hall”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “audience hall”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- audience hall 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἀκροατήριον akroatērion · hall
ἀκροατήριον, -ου, τό (ἀκροάομαι, to listen) a place of audience: Act.25:23 (Plut.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hall” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HALL, noun
[Latin aula; Heb. a tent, a palace.]
- In architecture, a large room at the entrance of a house or palace.
- An edifice in which courts of justice are held; as Westminster hall which was originally a royal palace, the kings of England formerly holding their parliaments and courts of judicature in their own dwellings, as is still the practice in Spain.
- A manor-house, in which courts were formerly held.
- A college, or large edifice belonging to a collegiate institution.
All definitions
- A room for a corporation or public assembly; as a town-hall; Fanueil hall in Boston, etc.
- A collegiate body in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.