STRONGS NUMBER G898


Word Summary
bathmos: a step, degree
Original Word: βαθμός
Transliteration: bathmos
Phonetic Spelling: (bath-mos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a step, degree
Meaning: a step, degree
Strong's Concordance
degree.

From the same as bathos; a step, i.e. (figuratively) grade (of dignity) -- degree.

see GREEK bathos

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 898: βαθμός

βαθμός, βαθμου, (from the obsolete βάω equivalent to βαίνω, like σταθμός (from ἵστημι), threshold, step; of a grade of dignity and wholesome influence in the church (R. V. standing), 1 Timothy 3:13 (cf. Ellicott at the passage). (Used by (the Sept. 1 Samuel 5:5; 2 Kings 20:9; also Sir. 6:36); Strabo (Plutarch), Lucian, Appian, Artemidorus Daldianus (others); cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 324.)