basias

Strong’sG939

the foot

stem basi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

βάσις, -εως, ἡ

(< βαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for אֶדֶן;]

1. a step (Æsch., al.).

2. Hence, a foot (Plat.; Wi 13:18): Ac 3:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G939 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbas'-ece

a pace ("base"), i.e. (by implication) the foot

Fromfrom βαίνω (to walk);

King Jamesfoot.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

βάσις [ᾰ], εως, ἡ,
(βαίνω) stepping, step, and collectively, steps, Refs 5th c.BC+power to step, Refs 5th c.BC+; τροχῶν βάσεις the rolling of the wheels, the rolling wheels, Refs; ἀρβύλης β. the print of the sandal, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 measured stepor movement, β. χορείας Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, rhythmical or metrical movement, Refs 5th c.BC+: in Rhet., rhythmical close of a sentence, Refs 2nd c.AD+; clause forming transition from πρότασις to ἀπόδοσις, Refs: and in Metric, metrical unit, monometer, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 order, sequence, θέσις καὶ β. Refs 4th c.BC+
II that with which one steps, a foot, Refs 5th c.BC+; θηλύπους β. their women's feet, Refs; β. δίχηλος, of the ostrich, NT+1st c.BC+; leg, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III that whereon one stands, base, pedestal, [κρατῆρος] Refs 2nd c.AD+; of statues, Refs 2nd c.BC+; of an engine, Refs 2nd c.BC+; of a column, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of the heart, Refs 2nd c.AD+; foundation, basement, ῥίζα πάντων καὶ β. ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται Refs 5th c.BC+; so, of the soil, πεδίων σπορίμα β. Refs
III.2 Geometry texts, base of a solid or plane figure, Refs 5th c.BC+; [κώνου] Refs 4th c.BC+
IV position, fixedness, opposed to φορά, etymology of βέβαιος, Refs 5th c.BC+
V Astrology texts, ={ὡροσκόπος}, Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

feet1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	basias	basiais1×βάσεις
object accusative	basian	basiain
direct address vocative	basiar	basiair
of, belonging to genitive	basiau	basiaiu
to, for dative	basia	basiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

basistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

basia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

basiais“feet”subjectnominative plural1×

Acts 3:7… egerata auton; parachrēma de stereoila tais basiais autou kai teim sfudreim,… up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.