βάσιςbásis
a pace ("base"), i.e. (by implication) the foot
Greek (New Testament) · G939
Meanings
1. a step (Æsch., and elsewhere).
2. Hence, a foot (Plat.; Wisdom 13:18): Acts 3:7.
Same root
- βῆμαbēma · G968a step, i.e. foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e. a tribunal
- καταβαίνωkatabaínō · G2597to descend (literally or figuratively)
- διαβαίνωdiabaínō · G1224to cross
- βέβαιοςbébaios · G949stable (literally or figuratively)
- ἀναβαίνωanabaínō · G305to go up (literally or figuratively)
- προβαίνωprobaínō · G4260to walk forward, i.e. advance (literally, or in years)
- καταβιβάζωkatabibázō · G2601to cause to go down, i.e. precipitate
- ἐμβατεύωembateúō · G1687equivalent to G1684 (ἐμβαίνω); to intrude on (figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Acts 3:7 Then Peter took the lame man by the right hand and helped him up. And as he did, the man’s feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.