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Lexicon :: Strong's G968 - bēma

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βῆμα
Transliteration
bēma (Key)
Pronunciation
bay'-ma
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of βάσις (G939)
mGNT
12x in 3 unique form(s) TR
12x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

βῆμα bēma, bay'-ma; from the base of G939; a step, i.e. foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e. a tribunal:—judgment-seat, set (foot) on, throne.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G968 in the following manner: judgment seat (10x), throne (1x), to set (one's) foot on (with G4128) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G968 in the following manner: judgment seat (10x), throne (1x), to set (one's) foot on (with G4128) (1x).

  1. a step, pace, the space which a foot covers, a foot-breath

  2. a raised place mounted by steps

    1. a platform, tribune

      1. of the official seat of a judge

      2. of the judgment seat of Christ

      3. Herod built a structure resembling a throne at Caesarea, from which he viewed the games and made speeches to the people

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βῆμα bēma, bay'-ma; from the base of G939; a step, i.e. foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e. a tribunal:—judgment-seat, set (foot) on, throne.
STRONGS G968:
βῆμα, -τος, τό, (from ΒΑΩ, βαίνω) [from 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, [Acts 25:17]; 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 Cæsarea, 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]).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
2:5
Nehemiah
8:4
Matthew
27:19
John
19:13
Acts
7:5; 12:21; 18:12; 18:16; 25:6; 25:10; 25:17
Romans
14:10
2 Corinthians
5:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G968 matches the Greek βῆμα (bēma),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:19 - When he was set down on the judgment seat, G968 his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:13 - When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat G968 in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:5 - And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set G968 ➔ his foot on: G968 yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:21 - And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, G968 and made an oration unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:12 - And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, G968

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:16 - And he drave them from the judgment seat. G968

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:17 - Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. G968 And Gallio cared for none of those things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 - And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat G968 commanded Paul to be brought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:10 - Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, G968 where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17 - Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, G968 and commanded the man to be brought forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:10 - But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat G968 of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat G968 of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
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