BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G5286
hupopodion — footstool
ὑποπόδιον, -ου, τό (ὑπό, πούς), [in LXX: Psa.99:5 110:1, Isa.66:1, La 2:1 (הֲדֹם) * ;] a footstool (= cl. θρᾶνος): Jas.2:3; metaphorically, Mat.5:35, Mrk.12:36 (ὑποκάτω, WH, R, mg.), Luk.20:43, Act.2:35 7:49, Heb.1:13 10:13 (all, except Mt, l.with, from LXX, Psa.110:1, Isa.66:1) (for exx., see Deiss., BS, 223).† (AS)
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1916
ha.dom — footstool
stool, footstool
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3534
ke.vesh — footstool
footstool
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Connected with a throne (2 Chr. 9:18). Jehovah symbolically dwelt in the holy place between the cherubim above the ark of the covenant. The ark was his footstool (1 Chr. 28:2; Ps. 99:5; 132:7). And as heaven is God’s throne, so the earth is his footstool (Ps. 110:1; Isa. 66:1; Matt. 5:35).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
