Acts 25:17:12Acts.25.17.W12TAB
βήματος
bêmatos
“tribunal”
- Transliteration
- BÊ-ma-tos
- Extended
- BAY-mah-tohs
- IPA
- /ˈbɛː.ma.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- tribunal
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
BÊ-ma-tos
- sentence
sy-nel-THON-tôn OON en-THA-de a-na-bo-LÊN mê-de-MI-an poi-ê-SA-me-nos têi hek-SÊS ka-THI-sas e-PI tou BÊ-ma-tos e-KE-leu-sa akh-THÊ-nai ton AN-dra
Exegesis
Another circumstantial participle kathisas {καθίσας | kathísas} ‘having sat down’ introduces the judicial setting, which is clarified by the prepositional phrase epi tou bēmatos {ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος | epí tou bḗmatos} ‘upon the judgment seat’, marking an official court context.
Root and etymology
bainōbeta–alpha–iota–nu–omega
“to step, go, stand”
In context — Acts 25:17
Therefore, when they had come together here, without making any delay , on the next day, having taken my seat upon the tribunal , I commanded the man to be brought.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 25:17, so the Greek word βήματος (bêmatos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.25.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.17.W12.S1) and character.