0968 – βῆμα (bema)

judgment seat

Description

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.

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into bema :

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