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βῆμα

bēma · Greek · Strong's G968 · 12 occurrences

The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “set on”

What it means

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

from the base of G939 (βάσις);

How the KJV renders it

judgmentseat, set on, throne

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

set on
also renders epitíthēmi (G2007), epibibázō (G1913), epikathízō (G1940), shâphath (H8239)
throne
also renders thrónos (G2362), kiççêʼ (H3678), korçêʼ (H3764)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

12 occurrences in the Greek text.

2 Corinthians 5:10 · N-GSN
For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Acts 7:5 · N-ASN
He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
Acts 12:21 · N-GSN
On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.
Acts 18:12 · N-ASN
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Acts 18:16 · N-GSN
So he drove them from the judgment seat.
Acts 18:17 · N-GSN
Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.
Acts 25:6 N-GSNActs 25:10 N-GSNActs 25:17 N-GSNJohn 19:13 N-GSNMatthew 27:19 N-GSNRomans 14:10 N-DSN

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