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Judgment seat

Easton, 1897

(Matthew 27:19), a portable tribunal (Gr. bema) which was placed according as the magistrate might direct, and from which judgment was pronounced. In this case it was placed on a tesselated pavement, probably in front of the procurator's residence. (See GABBATHA.)

Dictionary: M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain).