noun · feminine
basias
Greekβάσις (basis)
Strong’sG939
the foot
stem basi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
βάσις, -εως, ἡ
(< βαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for אֶדֶן;]
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.
Every form
| 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
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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
basiais“feet”subjectnominative plural1×
Acts 3:7“feet”kai piazaratos auton tau dexau cheirau egeirata auton; parachrēma de stereoila tais basiais autou kai teim sfudreim,Taking him by the right hand, Peter helped him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.