G939 – basis – βάσις – a step; fig. a sole of a foot
- Strong’s ID:
- G939
- Greek Word:
- βάσις
- Transliteration:
- basis
- Pronunciation:
- bas’-ece
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Etymology:
- from βαινω baino (to walk)
- Usage Count:
- 1
- Search:
- Find “basis” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) a step
2) figuratively: a sole of a foot (i.e., what you step on)
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from βαινω baino (to walk); a pace (“base”), i.e. (by implication) the foot:—foot.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a stepping, walking
2) that with which one steps, the foot
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.