βῆμα

bēma

judgement seat

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Strong’s G968Noun, neuter12 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

judgment seat10

the length1

throne1

In the text

Matthew 27:19βήματος
While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
John 19:13βήματος
When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.
Acts 7:5βῆμα
He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
Romans 14:10βήματι
Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
2 Corinthians 5:10βήματος
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

Abbott-Smith

βῆμα, -τος, τό
(βαίνω), [in LXX: Deu.2:5 (מִדְרָךְ), Neh.8:4 (מִגְדָּל), I Est.9:42, Sir.19:30 45:9, 2Ma.13:26 * ;]

1. a step, stride, pace: Act.7:5.

2. a raised place, a platform reached by steps, originally that in the Pnyx at Athens from which orations were made; frequently of the tribune or tribunal of a Roman magistrate or ruler: Mat.27:19, Jhn.19:13, Act.12:21, 18:12, 16, 17 25:6, 10, 17; β. τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom.14:10; τ. Χριστοῦ, 2Co.5:10.
† (AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.