Romans 14:10:20Rom.14.10.W20TAB
βήματι
bêmati
“judgment seat”
- Transliteration
- BÊ-ma-ti
- Extended
- bê-mah-tih
- IPA
- /ˈbɛː.ma.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- judgment seat
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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 | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
BÊ-ma-ti
- sentence
sy de TI KRI-neis ton a-del-PHON sou Ê KAI sy TI ek-sou-the-NEIS ton a-del-PHON sou PAN-tes gar pa-ra-stê-SO-me-tha tôi BÊ-ma-ti tou the-OU
Exegesis
The dative phrase tō bēmati tou theou {τῷ βήματι τοῦ θεοῦ | tôi bḗ-ma-ti toû the-oû} identifies the locus of this future event as “the judgment seat of God,” drawing on judicial imagery where the bēma is a raised platform for legal decisions. In translation, the parallel questions are preserved with clear punctuation to retain the rhetorical force, and the causal gar clause is rendered as “For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God,” making explicit the logical connection between refraining from judging others and the shared accountability before the divine tribunal.
Root and etymology
bēmabeta–eta–mu–alpha
“step, raised platform, judgment seat”
In context — Romans 14:10
But you, why do you judge your brother ? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God .
About this coordinate
Romans 14:10:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Romans 14:10, so the Greek word βήματι (bêmati) 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 Rom.14.10.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.10.W20.S1) and character.