βῆμα bēma

Greek word for “judgement seat” · Strong’s G968 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

βῆμα, -τος, τό; (βαίνω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for bēma in context, with how often each is used:

• judgment seat 10
• length 1
• throne 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 18 (3), Acts 25 (3), Matthew 27 (1), John 19 (1), Acts 7 (1), Acts 12 (1), Romans 14 (1), 2 Corinthians 5 (1)

Forms

• βήματος 9
• βῆμα 2
• βήματι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bēma more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• καθίζω kathizō “to seat” 4
• ἄγω agō “to bring” 4
• Γαλλίων Galliōn “Gallio” 2
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 3
• κελεύω keleuō “to order” 2
• ἔμπροσθεν emprosthen “before” 2
• μηδείς mēdeis “nothing” 2
• κρίνω krinō “to judge” 2
• δεῖ dei “be necessary” 2
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 2
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 2

Key verses

The verses using bēma that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 27:19 — When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day…
• John 19:13 — When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew,…
• Acts 7:5 — And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed…
• Acts 12:21 — And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
• Acts 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,
• Acts 18:16 — And he drave them from the judgment seat.
• Acts 18:17 — Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
• Acts 25:6 — And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
• Acts 25:10 — Then said Paul, I stand at Cæsar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
• Acts 25:17 — Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
• Romans 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 of Christ.
• 2 Corinthians 5:10 — For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.