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Judgment-Seat

(Matt. 27:19), a portable tribunal (Gr. This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0968, G2922
Greek
βῆμα · bēma

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

βῆμα

G0968
Transliteration
bēma
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
12

Glosses

judgment-seat, set (foot) on, throne

Lexicon definition

a step, i.e. foot-breath

by implication, a rostrum, i.e. a tribunal

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

κριτήριον

G2922
Transliteration
kritḗrion
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

to judge, judgment (seat)

Lexicon definition

a rule of judging ("criterion"), i.e. (by implication) a tribunal

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Judgment seat

(Matt. 27:19), a portable tribunal (Gr. bema) which was placed according as the magistrate might direct, and from which judgment was pronounced. In this case it was placed on a tesselated pavement, probably in front of the procurator's residence. (See [328]GABBATHA.)

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

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