Bathmos means “degree” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H898 — bagad (“offend”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G898 βαθμός (bathmos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. bathmos (bath-mos') n. 1. a step 2. (figuratively) grade (of dignity) It has 6 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include degree. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
bathmos (bath-mos') n. 1. a step 2. (figuratively) grade (of dignity) [from the base of G939] KJV: degree Root(s): G939 See also: G899
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G898. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
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Usage: βαθμός, -οῦ, ὁ, Ion. form of βασμός (βαίνω, to step), [in LXX 1Ki.5:5 (מִפְתָּן), 4Ki.20:9, 10 11 (מַעֲלָה), Sir.6:36 * ;] a step (4Ki, l.with, of degrees of a dial); metaphorically, a degree, standing: 1Ti.3:13.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render bathmos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G898 (βαθμός) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Therefore the priests of Dagon, and everyone that enters into the house of Dagon, do not tread upon the threshold of the house of Dagon in Ashdod until this day, for they step over.
And Isaiah said, This is the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will perform the word which he has spoken, the shadow of the dial shall advance ten degrees: or if it should go back ten degrees this would also be the sign.
And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, And let thy foot wear the steps of his door.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G898.
Therefore the priests of Dagon, and everyone that enters into the house of Dagon, do not tread upon the threshold of the house of Dagon in Ashdod until this day, for they step over.
And Isaiah said, This is the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will perform the word which he has spoken, the shadow of the dial shall advance ten degrees: or if it should go back ten degrees this would also be the sign.
And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.
And Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord: and the shadow returned back ten degrees on the dial.
For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, And let thy foot wear the steps of his door.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G898, grouped by book.
Bathmos (Strong's G898) is a Greek word most simply glossed "degree". bathmos (bath-mos') n. 1. a step 2. (figuratively) grade (of dignity)
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G898 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G898 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as degree. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G898, with linked reader references where each row is available.