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Sight

θεωρίαStrong’s G2335

theōria

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Theōria is the Greek word usually translated “spectacle”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.”
Luke 23:48 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • spectacle 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    θεωρία theōria · sight

    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)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    SIGHT, noun

    1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land; to have a sight of a landscape; to lose sight of a ship at sea. Acts 1:9“A cloud received him out of their sight” Acts 1:9
    2. The faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
    3. Open view; the state of admitting unobstructed vision; a being within the limits of vision.
    4. Notice from seeing; knowledge; as a letter intended for the sight of one person only.
    All definitions
    1. Eye; the instrument of seeing.
    2. An aperture through which objects are to be seen; or something to direct the vision; as the sight of a quadrant; the sight of a fowling piece or a rifle.
    3. That which is beheld; a spectacle; a show; particularly, something wonderful. Exodus 3:3

    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.