noun · masculine

bathmos

Greekβαθμός (bathmos)

Strong’sG898

a step, a stage, a position

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

Translated as

standing1×

What it means

† βαθμός, -οῦ, ὁ, Ion. form of βασμός

(< βαίνω, to step), [in LXX I Ki 5:5 (מִפְתָּן), IV Ki 20:9, 10, 11 (מַעֲלָה), Si 6:36*;]

a step (IV Ki 20:9, 10, 11, of degrees of a dial); metaph., a degree, standing: I Ti 3:13.†

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

Strong’s G898 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbath-mos'

a step, i.e. (figuratively) grade (of dignity)

Fromfrom the same as G899;

King Jamesdegree.

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	bathmos	bathmois
object accusative	bathmon1×βαθμὸν	bathmoin
direct address vocative	bathmor	bathmoir
of, belonging to genitive	bathmou	bathmoiu
to, for dative	bathmo	bathmoi

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

bathmstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

bathmo 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

bathmon“standing”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Timothy 3:13“standing”tois gar kalōs diakonaratois bathmon heautoi kalon peripoielō kai pollan parrēsian en pistia ta en Christo Iēso.For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.