βῆμα

βῆμα, -τος, τό

(βαίνω), [in LXX: 5 Mos 2,5 (מִדְרָךְ), Neh 8,4 (מִגְדָּל), I Est 9,42, Sir 19,30; 45,9, 2Ma 13,26 * ;]

1. a step, stride, pace: ApG 7,5,

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: Matt 27,19, Joh 19,13, ApG 12,21; 18,12, 16, 17; 25,6, 10, 17; β. τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom 14,10 τ. Χριστοῦ, 2 Kor 5,10,

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