898. bathmos
Strong's Lexicon
bathmos: Step, Degree

Original Word: βαθμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: bathmos
Pronunciation: bath-MOS
Phonetic Spelling: (bath-mos')
Definition: Step, Degree
Meaning: a step (of a stairway); hence: a stage in a career, a position.

Word Origin: Derived from the base of the Greek verb "βαίνω" (baino), meaning "to go" or "to walk."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "bathmos," the concept of steps or degrees can be related to Hebrew words like "מַעֲלָה" (ma'alah), which also means step or ascent, often used in the context of spiritual or physical elevation.

Usage: The term "bathmos" primarily refers to a step or a degree, often used in the context of a physical step or a metaphorical progression. In the New Testament, it is used to describe a level or stage in a process, particularly in spiritual or moral contexts.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, steps were significant in both architecture and metaphorical language. Temples and important buildings often had steps leading up to them, symbolizing ascension to a higher place or state. Metaphorically, steps or degrees were used to describe progress in various aspects of life, including moral and spiritual development.

HELPS Word-studies

898 bathmós – properly, a step (tread) in a staircase; (figuratively) a degree, rank, grade (used only in 1 Tim 3:13).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as basis
Definition
a step, degree
NASB Translation
standing (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 898: βαθμός

βαθμός, βαθμου, (from the obsolete βάω equivalent to βαίνω, like σταθμός (from ἵστημι), threshold, step; of a grade of dignity and wholesome influence in the church (R. V. standing), 1 Timothy 3:13 (cf. Ellicott at the passage). (Used by (the Sept. 1 Samuel 5:5; 2 Kings 20:9; also Sir. 6:36); Strabo (Plutarch), Lucian, Appian, Artemidorus Daldianus (others); cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 324.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
degree.

From the same as bathos; a step, i.e. (figuratively) grade (of dignity) -- degree.

see GREEK bathos

Forms and Transliterations
βαθμον βαθμόν βαθμὸν bathmon bathmòn
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Timothy 3:13 N-AMS
GRK: καλῶς διακονήσαντες βαθμὸν ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν
NAS: a high standing and great
KJV: to themselves a good degree, and great
INT: well having served a degree for themselves good

Strong's Greek 898
1 Occurrence


βαθμὸν — 1 Occ.

















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