Word study · Greek

bēma

judgment seat, platform

Say it: BAY-mah (approximate)

βῆμα

What it means

A judgment seat, the raised platform from which a Roman official judged. "We must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ" (5:10).

Range of meaning

  • Judgment seatA tribunal.
  • PlatformA raised speaker's stand.

In 2 Corinthians

  • Chapter 5

    "The judgment seat of Christ" (5:10).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G0968 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources