King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G968
Transliteration: bēma
Phonetic Spelling: (bay'-ma)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a step, raised place, by implication a tribunal
Meaning: a step, raised place, by implication a tribunal
βῆμα, βήματος, τό (from ΒΑΩ, βαίνω) (fr. Homer (h. Merc.), Pindar down);
Word Summary
bēma: a step, raised place, by implication a tribunal
Original Word: βῆμαTransliteration: bēma
Phonetic Spelling: (bay'-ma)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a step, raised place, by implication a tribunal
Meaning: a step, raised place, by implication a tribunal
Strong's Concordance
judgment seat, throne. From the base of basis; a step, i.e. Foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e. A tribunal -- judgment-seat, set (foot) on, throne.
see GREEK basis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 968: βῆμαβῆμα, βήματος, τό (from ΒΑΩ, βαίνω) (fr. Homer (h. Merc.), Pindar down);
1. a step, pace: βῆμα ποδός the space which the foot covers, a foot-breadth, Acts 7:5 (for כַּף־רֶגֶל, Deuteronomy 2:5, cf. Xenophon, an. 4, 7, 10; Cyril 7, 5, 6).
2. a raised place mounted by steps; a platform, tribune: used of the official seat of a judge, Matthew 27:19; John 19:13; Acts 18:12, 16; Acts 25:6, 10,(17); of the judgment-seat of Christ, Romans 14:10 (L T Tr WH τοῦ Θεοῦ); 2 Corinthians 5:10; of the structure, resembling a throne, which Herod built in the theater at Caesarea, and from which he used to view the games and make speeches to the people, Acts 12:21; (of an orator's pulpit, 2 Macc. 13:26; Nehemiah 8:4. Xenophon, mem. 3, 6, 1; Herodian, 2, 10, 2 (1, Bekker edition)).