Strong G304ἀναβαθμός

stairs

Transliteration
anabathmos
Pronunciation
an-ab-ath-mos'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G305 (compare G898); a stairway: - stairs.

Detailed definition

ἀνα-βαθμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(ἀναβαίνω), [in LXX for מַעֲלָה: מַעֲלָה: 3Ki.10:19-20, 4Ki.9:13 20:9 ff, 2Ch.9:18-19, Isa.38:8, Eze.40:6, 49; ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀ., tit. Psa.120:1-7 121:1-8 122:1-9 123:1-4 124:1-8 125:1-5 126:1-6 127:1-5 128:1-6 129:1-8 130:1-8 131:1-3 132:1-18 133:1-3 134:1-3)*;]
1. a going up, an ascent (Pss, ll. with ?).

2. a step (LXX); p1., a flight of stairs: Act.21:35, 40. (On the formation -θμός, see MM, VGT, see word)†
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In the Bible

Strong G304 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • stair2

First verses

  1. Acts 21:35
    And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
  2. Acts 21:40
    And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναβαθ-μός, ὁ,
flight of steps, stair, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.125, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1347a5, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 65.21; δι᾽ ἀναβαθμῶν)]by degrees, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.557.)]