Quick Definition
θεωρία, ας, ἡ n.f. a sight, spectacle
Strong's Definition
spectatorship, i.e. (concretely) a spectacle
Derivation: from the same as G2334 (θεωρέω);
KJV Usage: sight
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θεωρία, -as, ἡ, (θεωρός, on which see θεωρέω init.) ; fr. [Aeschyl.], Hdt. down; 1. aviewing,beholding. 2. that which is viewed; a spectacle, sight: Lk. xxiii. 48 (3 Mace. ν. 24).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θεωρία theōria 1x
a beholding; a sight, spectacle, Lk. 23:48*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θεωρία, -ας, ἡ
(v.s. θεωρέω), [in LXX: Da LXX 5:7, II Mac 5:26 15:12, III Mac 5:24*;]
a viewing.
= θεώρημα, a spectacle, sight: Lk 23:48 (both senses in cl.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θεωρία. With the use of this subst. in Lk 2348 we may compare P Tebt I. 33° (B.c. 112) (= Sedectéons, p. 30), where arrangements are made for the reception of a Roman senator who is making the voyage to Fgypt ‘‘ to see the sights” —davam)ouv . ἐπὶ θεωρίαν ποιούμενος : cf. P Oxy VII. 102518 (late ili/A.D.) τῶν θεωριῶν, ‘‘ the spectacles ” at a village festival. It refers to a judicial ‘‘ investigation ” in P Tor I. 1%t-5 (p.c, 117-6) καὶ μὴ προσεκτέον αὐτῶι ἐφ᾽ ἑτέραν θεωρίαν peraφέροντι τὴν γεγονυῖαν αὐτῶι πρὸς ἄλλους περὶ οὐδη(π)οτοῦν πράγματος ἀμφιζβήτησιν, and to an agricultural ‘‘ survey” in P Amh II. 689? (late i/A.D.) ἐκ τῆς vuvel κατ᾽ ἀγρῦν θεωρίας : in Michel 509° (B.C. 241) ἐκδεξάμενος τάς τε παρούσας θεωρίας πρ[επ]όντως, it = ‘‘embassy,’’ ‘ mission.” MGr θωρία, ‘‘look,” ‘‘ glance,” θεωρία, ‘* theory.” For θεώρημα see P Lond 121473 (magic—iii/a.p.) (=I. p- 99), for θεώρησις CP Herm I. γι: ° (ii/a.p.?), and for θεωρός OG/S 232° (ii/B.c.). P Oxy III. 4734 (A.D. 138-60) τά τε [θε]ωρικὰ χρήματα are the funds provided for theatrical displays: see also Wilcken Os¢v. i. p. 373 f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θεωρία (theōria) — sight. 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+]; ἄγειν τῷ Διὶ τῷ Νεμείῳ τὴν κοινὴν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. office of θεωρός, discharge of that office, τῆς Ὀλυμπίαζε θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. being a spectator at the theatre or games, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. viewing, beholding, θεωρίης εἵνεκεν ἐκδημεῖν to go abroad to see the world, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ θεωρίης πρόφασιν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; pilgrimage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. of the mind, contemplation, consideration, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν ἀρχῶν, ἡ τῶν ὅλων θ., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ φύσεως θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2. b theory, speculation, opposed to practice, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τὰ στρατόπεδα θ. [Refs]; αἱ νυκτεριναὶ καὶ ἡμεριναὶ θ. theoretic reckoning of night and day, [Refs]; ἡ μαθηματικὴ θ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.3. passive, sight, spectacle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially public spectacle at the theatre or games, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τοῦ Διονύσου θ. the Dionysia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.4. Rhet., explanatory preface to a μελέτη, [Refs 6th c.AD+]: so in Philos., continuous exposition, [Refs 6th c.AD+]