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G201 ἀκροατήριον (akroatḗrion)
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Quick Definition

ἀκροατήριον, ίου, τό n.n. auditorium, recitation hall, court room

Strong's Definition

from 202; an audience-room

KJV Usage: place of hearing

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -ου | ἀκροατής

7.13 · Constructions · Buildings

audience hall, auditorium a relatively large building normally used for legal hearings, though possibly also employed for more general purposes In a number of languages ἀκροατήριον may be rendered as ‘a large hall’ or ‘a place where many people could gather together’ or ‘a building where many people could sit to listen.’

ACT 25:23

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀκροατήριον, -ov, τό, (ἀκροάομαι to be a hearer), place of assemblage for hearing, auditorium; like this Lat. word in Roman Law, axpoar. in Acts xxv. 23 denotes a place set apart for hearing and deciding cases, [yet cf. Mey. ad loc.}. (Several times in Plut. and other later writers.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀκροατήριον akroatērion 1x

a place of audience, Acts 25:23*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† ἀκροατήριον, -ου, τό

(< ἀκροάομαι, to listen)

a place of audience: Ac 25:23 (Plut.).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀκροατήριον (akroatērion) — hall. ἀκρο-ᾱτήριον, τό, place of audience, [NT]; lecture-room, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. audience, [Refs]

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