βάσις, βάσεως, ἡ (ΒΑΩ, βαίνω); 1. a stepping, walking (Aeschylus, Sophocles, others). 2. that with which one steps, the foot: Act_3:7 (Plato, Tim., p. 92{a} , et al.; Wis_13:18).

βάσις basis 1x pr. a step; the foot, Act_3:7

βάσις , -εως , ἡ ( < βαίνω ), [in LXX chiefly for H753 ;] 1. a step (Ζsch ., al. ). 2. Hence, a foot ( Plat .; Wis_13:18 ): Act_3:7 .†

βάσις [page 106] The word is common in the inscriptions for the base of a statue, e.g. OGIS 705 .6 (ii/A.D.) τὸν ἀνδριάντα σὺν τῆι βάσει ἀνέθηκε , Magn 92 b. .17 τὸ ] δὲ ψήφισμα τόδε ἀναγραφῆναι εἰς τὴμ βάσιν τῆς εἰκόνος τῆς Ἀ [πο ]λλοφάνου . See also P Lond 755 verso .6 (iv/A.D.) (= III. p. 222) β ]άσις̣ καὶ κεφαλίδες , base mouldings and capitals of pillars, P Grenf I. 14 .15 (B.C. 150 or 139) βάσιν λυχνί (ου ), Syll 540 .108 (B.C. 175 1) ἐργᾶται ( sc. a builder contracting for a temple) τῶν λίθων πάντων τὰς βάσεις ὀρθάς , άστραβεῖς , ἀρραγεῖς κτλ , ib .161 τῶν λίθων πάντων τοὺς ἁρμοὺς καί τ [ὰς βά ]σεις , 588 .167 ( c. B.C. 180) λαμπὰς χαλκῆ ἐπὶ βάσεως , etc. The medical use of β . = foot in Act_3:7 is illustrated by Hobart, Medical Language of St Luke , p. 34 f. It may have this meaning in the great magical papyrus, P Lond 121 .518 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 101) παρέστω σοι τοῖς δυσὶ βάσεσιν σκιαθι . Its geometrical meaning, as the base of a triangle, appears with fragmentary context in P Brit Mus 372 .50 (ii/A.D.), printed in P Tebt II. p. 339 ff., a land survey.

βάσις [Etym: βαίνω] "a stepping, step", and collectively "steps", Aesch. , Soph. , etc.; οὐκ ἔχων βάσιν "power to step", id=Soph. ; τροχῶν βάσεις the "rolling" of the wheels, id=Soph. "that with which one steps, a foot", Eur. , NTest. "that whereon one stands, a base", Plat.

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)