968 - béma

Strong's Concordance

Original word: βῆμα
Transliteration: béma
Definition (short): tribunal
Definition (full): a step, raised place, by implication a tribunal

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from the same as basis
Definition: a step, raised place, by impl. a tribunal
NASB Translation: ground (1), judgment seat (7), rostrum (1), tribunal (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From the base of basis; a step, i.e. Foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e. A tribunal -- judgment-seat, set (foot) on, throne.

see GREEK basis

KJV: When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
NASB: While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him."
KJV: When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
NASB: Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
KJV: And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
NASB: "But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even when he had no child, He promised that HE WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION, AND TO HIS DESCENDANTS AFTER HIM.
KJV: And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
NASB: On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the rostrum and began delivering an address to them.
KJV: And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
NASB: But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,