{"def":{"short":"a step, i.e., foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e., a tribunal","long":["a step, pace, the space which a foot covers, a foot-breath","a raised place mounted by steps",["a platform, tribune",["of the official seat of a judge","of the judgment seat of Christ","Herod built a structure resembling a throne at Caesarea, from which he viewed the games and made speeches to the people"]]]},"deriv":"from the base of G0939","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈβe.mɑ","ipa_mod":"ˈve̞.mɑ","sbl":"bēma","dic":"VAY-ma","dic_mod":"VAY-ma"},"see":["G0939"]}