Strong G939βάσις
foot
- Transliteration
- basis
- Pronunciation
- bas'-ece
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From βαίνω bainō (to walk); a pace (base) that is (by implication) the foot: - foot.
Detailed definition
βάσις, ־εως, ἡ
(βαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for אֶדֶן;]
1. a step (Æsch., al.).
2. Hence, a foot (Plat.; Wis.13:18): Act.3:7.
† (AS)
(βαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for אֶדֶן;]
1. a step (Æsch., al.).
2. Hence, a foot (Plat.; Wis.13:18): Act.3:7.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G939 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- foot1
First verses
- Acts 3:7And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- μεταβαίνωto departG3327
- ἐπιβιβάζωto mountG1913
- βάσανοςtormentG931
- ἀποβαίνωto get outG576
- βάροςburdenG922
- καταβιβάζωto bring downG2601
- διαβαίνωto crossG1224
- συμβιβάζωto join withG4822
- παραβαίνωto transgressG3845
- βῆμαjudgement seatG968
- ἀναβαίνωto ascendG305
- βωμόςaltarG1041
- βασιλεύςkingG935
- ἔκβασιςway outG1545
- καταβαίνωto come/go downG2597
- βέβαιοςfirmG949
- βαστάζωto carryG941
- βέβηλοςprofaneG952
- ὑπερβαίνωto wrongG5233
- ἐμβατεύωto investigateG1687
- ἐπιβαίνωto mount/boardG1910
- ἐμβαίνωto climbG1684
- προβαίνωto advanceG4260
- συμβαίνωto happenG4819
Detailed Greek dictionary
βάσις [ᾰ], εως, ἡ,
(βαίνω) stepping, step, and collectively, steps, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 36, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 8, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἡσύχῳ φρενῶν βάσει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 452 (Lyric poetry); οὐκ ἔχων β.)]power to step, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 691 (Lyric poetry))]; τροχῶν βάσεις the rolling of the wheels, the rolling wheels, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 718)]; ἀρβύλης β. the print of the sandal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 532; ποίμναις τήνδ᾽ ἐπεμπίπτει βάσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 42.)]
2 measured stepor movement, β. χορείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 968, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.2)]: hence, rhythmical or metrical movement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399e, “Lg.” 670d)]: in Rhet., rhythmical close of a sentence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.6, +others)]; clause forming transition from πρότασις to ἀπόδοσις, [Refs ([prev. author] “Inv.” 1.5)]: and in Metric, metrical unit, monometer, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1263b35, “Metaphorical” 1087b36, 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 11, 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor “Prolegomena ad Hephaestionis Euchiridion” 3, Mar. Vict. p.47.3 K., etc.)]
3 order, sequence, θέσις καὶ β. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.10U.)]
II that with which one steps, a foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 92a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 750a4; ποδῶν β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 837)]; θηλύπους β. their women's feet, [Refs ([prev. author] “IA” 421)]; β. δίχηλος, of the ostrich, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.28.3: _absolutely_, αἱ βάσεις 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.226, NT.Act.3.7; σφὶγξ εἶχε β. λέοντος 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.5.8)]; leg, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 1.3.5; βάσεων ἀποκοπαί 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 39.)]
III that whereon one stands, base, pedestal, [κρατῆρος] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 119)]; of statues, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 705.6, etc.; τρία ἔργα.. ἐπὶ μιᾶς β. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.1.14, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 19; λεβήτων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.88.5)]; of an engine, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 88.1, +others)]; of a column, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLond.” 3.755v6 (4th c.AD): in Medicine texts, τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου 3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in “Placita Philosophorum” 4.5.4, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 6; τραχήλου [prev. author] “Pyrrh.” 34; κοῖλαι βλεφάρων ἰοτυπεῖς βάσιες “Anthologia Graeca” 5.86 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus); αἱ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς β. 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.27, compare 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.101(91))]; of the heart, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.13; ἐπανόρθωσις τὴν τοῦ κενουμένου βάσιν ἀναπληροῦσα [prev. author] 1.474)]; foundation, basement, ῥίζα πάντων καὶ β. ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 97e)]; so, of the soil, πεδίων σπορίμα β. [Refs (“Hymnus ad Isim” 162.)]
III.2 Geometry texts, base of a solid or plane figure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 55b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 41b15, +others)]; [κώνου] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 155; πυραμίδος 4th c.BC: Speusippus Philosophus cited in “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 63.)]
IV position, fixedness, opposed to φορά, etymology of βέβαιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 437a.)]
V Astrology texts, ={ὡροσκόπος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 88.6, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “T.” 2, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).132.)]
(βαίνω) stepping, step, and collectively, steps, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 36, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 8, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἡσύχῳ φρενῶν βάσει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 452 (Lyric poetry); οὐκ ἔχων β.)]power to step, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 691 (Lyric poetry))]; τροχῶν βάσεις the rolling of the wheels, the rolling wheels, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 718)]; ἀρβύλης β. the print of the sandal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 532; ποίμναις τήνδ᾽ ἐπεμπίπτει βάσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 42.)]
2 measured stepor movement, β. χορείας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 968, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.2)]: hence, rhythmical or metrical movement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 399e, “Lg.” 670d)]: in Rhet., rhythmical close of a sentence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.6, +others)]; clause forming transition from πρότασις to ἀπόδοσις, [Refs ([prev. author] “Inv.” 1.5)]: and in Metric, metrical unit, monometer, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1263b35, “Metaphorical” 1087b36, 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 11, 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor “Prolegomena ad Hephaestionis Euchiridion” 3, Mar. Vict. p.47.3 K., etc.)]
3 order, sequence, θέσις καὶ β. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.10U.)]
II that with which one steps, a foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 92a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 750a4; ποδῶν β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 837)]; θηλύπους β. their women's feet, [Refs ([prev. author] “IA” 421)]; β. δίχηλος, of the ostrich, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.28.3: _absolutely_, αἱ βάσεις 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.226, NT.Act.3.7; σφὶγξ εἶχε β. λέοντος 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.5.8)]; leg, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 1.3.5; βάσεων ἀποκοπαί 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 39.)]
III that whereon one stands, base, pedestal, [κρατῆρος] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 119)]; of statues, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 705.6, etc.; τρία ἔργα.. ἐπὶ μιᾶς β. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.1.14, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 19; λεβήτων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.88.5)]; of an engine, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Belopoeica” 88.1, +others)]; of a column, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLond.” 3.755v6 (4th c.AD): in Medicine texts, τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου 3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in “Placita Philosophorum” 4.5.4, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 6; τραχήλου [prev. author] “Pyrrh.” 34; κοῖλαι βλεφάρων ἰοτυπεῖς βάσιες “Anthologia Graeca” 5.86 (2nd-3rd c.AD: Rufinus Epigrammaticus); αἱ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς β. 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.27, compare 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.101(91))]; of the heart, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.13; ἐπανόρθωσις τὴν τοῦ κενουμένου βάσιν ἀναπληροῦσα [prev. author] 1.474)]; foundation, basement, ῥίζα πάντων καὶ β. ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 97e)]; so, of the soil, πεδίων σπορίμα β. [Refs (“Hymnus ad Isim” 162.)]
III.2 Geometry texts, base of a solid or plane figure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 55b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 41b15, +others)]; [κώνου] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 155; πυραμίδος 4th c.BC: Speusippus Philosophus cited in “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 63.)]
IV position, fixedness, opposed to φορά, etymology of βέβαιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 437a.)]
V Astrology texts, ={ὡροσκόπος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 88.6, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “T.” 2, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).132.)]