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]).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Deuteronomy
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2:5
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Nehemiah
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8:4
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Matthew
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27:19
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John
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19:13
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Acts
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7:5; 12:21; 18:12; 18:16; 25:6; 25:10; 25:17
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Romans
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14:10
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2 Corinthians
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5:10
