HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3182
יָחֵף
ya.cheph — barefoot
1) barefoot 1a) bareness, being unshod (subst)
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Barefoot
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7758
שׁוֹלָל
sho.lal — barefoot
barefoot
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6377
ἀνυπόδετος
anupodetos — barefoot
barefoot
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
To go barefoot was a sign of great distress (Isa. 20:2, 3, 4), or of some great calamity having fallen on a person (2 Sam. 15:30).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.