Acts 25:6:19Acts.25.6.W19TAB

βήματος

bêmatos

judgment seat

Transliteration
BÊ-ma-tos
Extended
BAY-mah-tohs
IPA
/ˈbɛː.ma.tos/

Meaning by language

English
judgment seat

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Result
βή + μα + τος
bê + ma + tos
bêmatos

Alphabet Analysis

Betav — as in victory
Etai — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Alphaah — as in father
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    BÊ-ma-tos

  2. sentence

    di-a-TRI-psas de en au-TOIS hê-ME-ras ou PLEI-ous ok-TO ê DE-ka ka-ta-BAS eis kai-SA-rei-an têi e-PAU-ri-on ka-THI-sas e-PI tou BÊ-ma-tos e-KE-leu-sen ton PAU-lon akh-THÊ-nai

Exegesis

This is clarified by the prepositional phrase epi tou bematos {ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος | epì toû bḗmatos}, which specifies the official tribunal position.

Root and etymology

bainōbeta–alpha–iota–nu–omega

to go, step

In contextActs 25:6

And after spending not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea; on the next day, having taken his seat on the judgment seat , he ordered Paul to be brought.

About this coordinate

Acts 25:6:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 25:6, 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.25.6.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.6.W19.S1) and character.