Lexical Summary bathmos: a step, degree Original Word: βαθμόςTransliteration: bathmos Phonetic Spelling: (bath-mos') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a step, degree Meaning: a step, degree Strong's Concordance degree. From the same as bathos; a step, i.e. (figuratively) grade (of dignity) -- degree. see GREEK bathos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 898: βαθμόςβαθμός, βαθμου, ὁ (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.) |