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Strong's G939 βάσις (basis)

Basis means “foot” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H939 — buzah (“despised”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G939
Language Greek
Linked Usages 61
Books 12

Strong's G939 Quick Answer

Strong's G939 βάσις (basis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. basis (bas'-ece) n. 1. a pace ("base") 2. (by implication) the foot It has 61 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include sockets, altar, its, blood, and pillars. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
basis (bas'-ece) n. 1. a pace ("base") 2. (by implication) the foot
Usage
61 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
sockets, altar, its, blood, and pillars

Meaning and Definition

basis (bas'-ece) n. 1. a pace ("base") 2. (by implication) the foot [from baino "to walk"] KJV: foot See also: G922

Original Word
βάσις
Transliteration
basis
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G939. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

foot

Usage: βάσις, ־εως, ἡ (βαίνω), [in LXX chiefly for אֶדֶן ;] __1. a step (Æsch., al.). __2. Hence, a foot (Plat.; Wis.13:18): Act.3:7. † (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

sockets altar its blood pillars put cubits silver tabernacle shalt upon brazen

How Strong's G939 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 57 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G939 (βάσις) appears 70 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G939 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G939 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Acts 3:7 KJV

And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

Strong's G939 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

57 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 26:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt make to the twenty posts forty silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides.

Exodus 26:21 Septuagint / Brenton

and their forty silver sockets: two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides.

Exodus 26:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And there shall be eight posts, and their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post.

Strong's G939 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Solomon 4:3 Septuagint / Brenton

But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, Nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, Nor lay any fast foundation.

Wisdom of Solomon 13:18 Septuagint / Brenton

For health he calleth upon that which is weak: For life prayeth to that which is dead: For aid humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help: And for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward:

Wisdom of Sirach 26:18 Septuagint / Brenton

As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; So are the fair feet with a constant heart.

Usage Excerpts

First 61 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G939.

Exodus 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make to the twenty posts forty silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides.
Exodus 26:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their forty silver sockets: two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides.
Exodus 26:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be eight posts, and their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post.
Exodus 26:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt set it upon four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their tops shall be gold, and their four sockets shall be of silver.
Exodus 26:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make for the veil five posts, and thou shalt gild them with gold; and their chapiters shall be gold; and thou shalt cast for them five brazen sockets.
Exodus 27:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their pillars twenty, and twenty brazen sockets for them, and their rings and their clasps of silver.
Exodus 27:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus shall there be to the side toward the north curtains of a hundred cubits in length; and their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass, and the rings and the clasps of the pillars, and their sockets overlaid with silver.
Exodus 27:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten.
Exodus 27:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the south, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Exodus 27:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the height of the curtains shall be of fifty cubits for the one side of the gate; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 27:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for the second side the height of the curtains shall be of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 27:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the pillars of the court round about overlaid with silver, and their chapiters silver and their brass sockets.
Exodus 27:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the length of the court shall be a hundred cubits on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass.
Exodus 29:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take of the blood of the calf, and put it on the horns of the altar with thy finger, but all the rest of the blood thou shalt pour out at the foot of the altar.
Exodus 30:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and thou shalt pour forth water into it.
Exodus 30:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the altar of whole burnt offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.
Exodus 31:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the pure candlestick and all its furniture, and the laver and its base,
Exodus 37:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they put it on four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their chapiters were gold, and their four sockets were silver.
Exodus 37:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass.
Exodus 37:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their posts twenty, and their sockets twenty;
Exodus 37:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and on the north side a hundred every way, and on the south side a hundred every way, and their posts twenty and their sockets twenty.
Exodus 37:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the west side curtains of fifty cubits, their posts ten and their sockets ten.
Exodus 37:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 37:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And at the second back on this side and on that by the gate of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three;
Exodus 37:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sockets of their pillars of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the court overlaid with silver:
Exodus 37:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their pillars four, and their sockets four of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver.
Exodus 38:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He made all the vessels of the altar and its grate, and its base, and its bowls, and the brazen fleshhooks.
Exodus 38:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He made the brazen laver, and the brazen base of it of the mirrors of the women that fasted, who fasted by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, in the day in which he set it up.
Exodus 39:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and a thousand five hundred shekels;
Exodus 39:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they made of it the bases of the door of the tabernacle of witness,
Exodus 39:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the blue that was left, and the purple, and the scarlet they made into garments of ministry for Aaron, so that he should minister with them in the sanctuary;
Leviticus 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and shall wring off its head; and the priest shall put it on the altar, and shall wring out the blood at the bottom of the altar.
Leviticus 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put of the blood of the calf on the horns of the altar of the compound incense which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and all the blood of the calf shall he pour out by the foot of the altar of whole burnt offerings, which is by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of the incense of composition, which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and he shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offerings, which is by the door of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 4:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offering; and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offerings.
Leviticus 4:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offerings; and all its blood he shall pour forth by the foot of the altar.
Leviticus 4:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offerings, and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offering.
Leviticus 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, but the rest of the blood he shall drop at the foot of the altar, for it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the place where they slay the whole burnt offering, they shall slay the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord, and he shall pour out the blood at the bottom of the altar round about.
Leviticus 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and sprinkled of it seven times on the altar; and anointed the altar, and hallowed it, and all things on it, and the laver, and its foot, and sanctified them; and anointed the tabernacle and all its furniture, and hallowed it.
Leviticus 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger; and he purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement upon it.
Leviticus 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and he poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar.
Numbers 3:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari included the chapiters of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all their furniture, and their works,
Numbers 3:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pins, and their cords.
Numbers 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the fire pans, and the fleshhooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its staffs; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars.
Numbers 4:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the charges of the things borne by them according to all their works in the tabernacle of witness: they shall bear the chapiters of the tabernacle, and the bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the veil, and there shall be their sockets, and their pillars, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle.
Numbers 4:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and there shall be their sockets, and they shall bear the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them.
Deuteronomy 12:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt sacrifice thy whole burnt offerings, thou shalt offer the flesh upon the altar of the Lord thy God; but the blood of thy sacrifices thou shalt pour out at the foot of the altar of the Lord thy God, but the flesh thou shalt eat.
4 Kingdoms 16:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and set it upon a base of stone.
2 Chronicles 6:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and set it in the midst of the court of the sanctuary; the length of it was five cubits, and the breadth of it five cubits, and the height of it three cubits: and he stood upon it, and fell upon his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread abroad his hands to heaven,
Song of Solomon 5:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets: His form is as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
Jeremiah 52:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Chaldeans broke in pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord, and they took the brass thereof, and carried it away to Babylon.
Ezekiel 16:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast built a house of harlotry in every top of a way, and hast set up thy high place in every street; and thou didst become as a harlot gathering hires.
Ezekiel 16:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will deliver thee into their hands, and they shall break down thy house of harlotry, and destroy thy high place; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy proud ornaments, and leave thee naked and bare.
Ezekiel 41:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a wooden altar, the height of it three cubits, and the length two cubits, and the breadth two cubits; and it had horns, and the base of it and the sides of it were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table, which is before the face of the Lord.
Ezekiel 43:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take of its blood, and shall put it on the four horns of the altar, and upon the four corners of the propitiatory, and upon the base round about, and they shall make atonement for it.
Acts 3:7 New Testament, KJV
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, Nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, Nor lay any fast foundation.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For health he calleth upon that which is weak: For life prayeth to that which is dead: For aid humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help: And for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward:
Wisdom of Sirach 26:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; So are the fair feet with a constant heart.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G939, grouped by book.

Exodus 32 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G939 FAQ

What does basis (βάσις) mean?

Basis (Strong's G939) is a Greek word most simply glossed "foot". basis (bas'-ece) n. 1. a pace ("base") 2. (by implication) the foot

How many times is basis (βάσις) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 61 linked usages for Strong's G939 across 12 books.

Where can I study basis (βάσις) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G939 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate basis (βάσις)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sockets, altar, its, blood, pillars, and put. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G939 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 57 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G939, with linked reader references where each row is available.