βῆμα

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judgement seat

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)