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Strong's G968 · Greek

βῆμα

bema · bay'-ma

from the base of 939; a step, i.e. foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e. a tribunal


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

βῆμα (G968)

12 βῆμα , -τος, τό ( βαίνω ), [in LXX: De 2:5 ( מִדְרָךְ ), Ne 8:4 ( מִגְדָּל ), I Es 9:42 , Si 19:30 45:9 , II Mac 13:26 *;] a step , stride , pace : Ac 7:5 . a raised place , a platform reached by steps, originally that in the Pnyx at Athens from which orations were made; freq. of the tribune or tribunal of a Roman magistrate or ruler: Mt 27:19 , Jo 19:13 , Ac 12:21 , 18:12 , 16 , 17 25:6 , 10 , 17 ; β. τοῦ θεοῦ , Ro 14:10 ; τ. Χριστοῦ , II Co 5:10 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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