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To expose

θεατρίζωStrong’s G2301

theatrizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Theatrizō is the Greek word usually translated “being made a spectacle”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.”
Hebrews 10:33 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “being made a spectacle”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • being made a spectacle 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    θεατρίζω theatrizō · to expose

    θεατρίζω (θέατρον), to make a spectacle of, expose to contempt (eccl.; ἐκθ-, Polyb.): pass., Heb.10:33.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “expose” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    EXPO'SE, verb transitive

    s as z. [Latin expositum, from expono; ex and pono, to place. The radical sense of pono is to set or place, or rather to throw or thrust down. To expose is to set or throw open, or to thrust forth.]

    1. To lay open; to set to public view; to disclose; to uncover or draw from concealment; as, to expose the secret artifices of a court; to expose a plan or design.
    2. To make bare; to uncover; to remove from any thing that which guards or protects; as, to expose the head or the breast to the air.
    3. To remove from shelter; to place in a situation to be affected or acted on; as, to expose one's self to violent heat.
    4. To lay open to attack, by any means; as, to expose an army or garrison.
    All definitions
    1. To make liable; to subject; as, to expose one's self to pain, grief or toil; to expose one's self to insult.
    2. To put in the power of; as, to expose one's self to the seas.
    3. To lay open to censure, ridicule or contempt.
    4. To lay open, in almost any manner; as, to expose one's self to examination or scrutiny.
    5. To put in danger.
    6. To cast out to chance; to place abroad, or in a situation unprotected.
    7. To lay open; to make public.
    8. To offer; to place in a situation to invite purchasers; as, to expose goods to sale.
    9. To offer to inspection; as, to expose paintings in a gallery.

    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.