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1 ἐπίβασις
A stepping upon,ἐς τὴν ναῦν Luc.Nav.12
; advent, Annuario 6/7.417 ([place name] Phaselis); αἱ ἐ. τῆς θαλάσσης risings.., Plb.34.9.6.2. means of approach, access, ἔχειν ἐ. IG7.167 ([place name] Megara);τοῦ νοητοῦ -σεις Plot.6.7.36
;ἐ. τοῦ ἐραστοῦ Them.Or.13.163d
: hence concretely, rungs, steps, Pl.R. 511b(pl.).3. ἔς τινα ποιεῖσθαι ἐ. make a handle against, a means of attacking one, Hdt.6.61;ἐ. τι τίθεσθαι εἴς τι App.BC1.37
; attack, Luc.Hist.Conscr.49; ἀμφισβητούμενον ἢ ἐπίβασιν ἔχον liable to be impugned, IG22.1051a14.4. getting on one's feet, of a child beginning to walk, Sor.1.114; esp. in recovery after a broken leg, Hp. Fract.18 (pl.);τῇ ἐ. χρῆσθαι Id.Art.58
; foothold, in snow, Plb.3.54.5.5. resting of one thing on another, e.g. of a bone, Hp.Art.51.6. Rhet., κατ' ἐπίβασιν by gradation, Longin.11.1.7. that on which one stands, Ph.1.125, 332.8. entry into office, PLond.3.1170.3 (iii A.D.).II. of the male, covering, Plu.2.754a(pl.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπίβασις
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2 βῆμα
βῆμα, ατος, τό (s. βαίνω; Hom. Hymns, Pind.+; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol; TestAbr A 13 p. 92, 21 [Stone p. 32]; Joseph., Just.) orig. movement by raising a step, ‘step’; then① a step forward made by a foot, step (Hero Alex., Deff. [spurious] 131 = a little less than a meter) ἑπτὰ βήματα περιπατήσασα when she had taken seven steps GJs 6:1.② a very limited space, step οὐδὲ β. ποδός not even a square meter of ground less than the space covered by one taking a stride Ac 7:5 (‘foothold’, REB; cp. Dt 2:5).③ a dais or platform that required steps to ascend, tribunal (Thu. 2, 34, 8; Epict. 4, 10, 21; Jos., Bell. 2, 172; 2 Esdr 18:4; 2 Macc 13:26). A magistrate would address an assembly from a chair placed on the structure. Esp. judicial bench (Isocr., Ep. 8, 7; Ps.-Demosth. 48, 31; POxy 237 V, 13; PTebt 316, 11; PAmh 80, 7 al. S. καθίζω 3 and s. Reisch in Pauly-W. III 264; Preisigke, Fachwörter) Mt 27:19; J 19:13; Ac 18:12, 16f; 25:6, 10, 17; also God’s judgment seat (SibOr 2, 218; 8, 222 and 242) Ro 14:10 and Christ 14:10 v.l.; 2 Cor 5:10; Pol 6:2.—Ac 12:21, 23 D of the throne-like speaker’s platform (Appian, Liby. 115 §546; Arrian, Anab. 7, 8, 3; 7, 11, 1; Jos., Ant. 4, 209; 7, 370) of Herod Agrippa I. In mng. 2 בֵּימָה is a loanw. in rabb.—DELG s.v. βαίνω p. 157. M-M. TW. -
3 στηριγμός
στηριγμός, οῦ, ὁ (στηρίζω; Aristot. et al. in the sense ‘standing still’.—Is 3:1 Sym. [LXX; En 18:5; TestJud 15:3, 6 have στήριγμα]) in our lit. only fig.① a state of security, safe position τοῦ στ. ἐκπίπτειν lose one’s firm hold 2 Pt 3:17 (REB: safe foothold; NRSV: stability). But the term ς. may also be understood in the sense② firm commitment to conviction or belief, steadfastness τοῦ στ. ἐκπίπτειν lose one’s firmness of commitment 2 Pt 3:17.—DELG s.v. στηρίζω. M-M. TW.
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