- Original: βῆμα - Transliteration: Bema - Phonetic: bay'-ma - Definition: 1. a step, pace, the space which a foot covers, a foot-breath 2. a raised place mounted by steps a. a platform, tribune 1. of the official seat of a judge 2. of the judgment seat of christ 3. Herod built a structure resembling a throne at Caesarea, from which he viewed the games and made speeches to the people - Origin: from the base of G939 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: From the base of G939 ; a step that is foot breath; by implication a rostrum that is tribunal: - judgment-seat set [foot] on throne. Total KJV Occurrences: 12 • on, 1 Act 7:5 • seat, 10 Mat 27:19; Joh 19:13; Act 18:12; Act 18:16; Act 18:17; Act 25:6; Act 25:10; Act 25:17; Romans 14:10; 2 Corinthians 5:10 • throne, 1 Act 12:21