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GreekG0968Noun (Neuter)

βῆμα

bēma

12Occurrences
G0968Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a step, i.e. foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e. a tribunal

from the base of G939 (βάσις);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a step, stride, pace
2.a raised place, a platform reached by steps, originally that in the Pnyx at Athens from which orations were made; frequently of the tribune or tribunal of a Roman magistrate or ruler
LXX: (מִדְרָךְ), (מִגְדָּל), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

βῆμα appears 12 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
8
2 Corinthians
1
John
1
Matthew
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 5:10BSB

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

Acts 18:12BSB

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

Acts 18:17BSB

At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.

Acts 25:10BSB

Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

Acts 7:5BSB

He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.