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Foot

βάσιςStrong’s G0939

basis

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Basis is the Greek word usually translated “feet”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.”
Acts 3:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “feet”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • feet 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    βάσις basis · foot

    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)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “foot” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FOOT, noun

    plural feet. [Latin pes, pedis. Probably this word is allied to the Gr. to walk, to tread. Eng. verb, to tread.]

    1. In animal bodies, the lower extremity of the leg; the part of the leg which treads the earth in standing or walking, and by which the animal is sustained and enabled to step.
    2. That which bears some resemblance to an animal's foot in shape or office; the lower end of any thing that supports a body; as the foot of a table.
    3. The lower part; the base; as the foot of a column or of a mountain.
    4. The lower part; the bottom; as the foot of an account; the foot of a sail.
    All definitions and other forms of “foot”
    1. Foundation; condition; state.
    2. Plan of establishment; fundamental principles.
    3. In military language, soldiers who march and fight on foot; infantry, as distinguished from cavalry.
    4. A measure consisting of twelve inches; supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot Geometricians divide the foot into 10 digits, and the digit into 10 lines.
    5. In poetry, a certain number of syllables, constituting part of a verse; as the iambus, the dactyl, and the spondee.
    6. Step; pace.
    7. Level; par. obsolete
    8. The part of a stocking or boot which receives the foot

    FOOT, verb intransitive

    1. To dance; to tread to measure or music; to skip.
    2. To walk; opposed to ride or fly.

    FOOT, verb transitive

    1. To kick; to strike with the foot; to spurn.
    2. To settle; to begin to fix. [Little used.]
    3. To tread; as, to foot the green.
    4. To add the numbers in a column, and set the sum at the foot; as, to foot an account.
    5. To seize and hold with the foot [Not used.]
    6. To add or make a foot; as, to foot a stocking or boot.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.