HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5275
נַ֫עַל
na.al — sandal
sandal, shoe
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Shoe
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4515
מִנְעָל
min.al — bolt
shoe
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20628
Λακωνικός
Lakōnikos — female garment
1. Laconian , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 2. as Substantive, 3. ἡ Λακωνική (entry γῆ); Laconia , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 4. Λακωνικαί (entry ἐμβάδες); αἱ, Laconian shoes , used by men, (Aristophanes Comicus) 5. τὸ Λακωνικόν the state of Lacedaemon , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21207
σφυρωτήρ
sphurōtēr — leather thong, shoe-latchet
leather thong, shoe-latchet
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8530
ὀπήτιον
opētion — a shoemaker's awl
a shoemaker's awl
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9013
ῥάπτω
rhaptō — to sew
1. to sew or stitch together, stich , (Iliad by Homer):—; Mid., ῥάπτεσθαι ὀχετὸν δερμάτων to make oneself a pipe of leather, (Herdotus Historicus); ῥαψάμενος τουτί (i.e. τὸ προσκεφάλαιον) having got it stitched , (Aristophanes Comicus); but also, to sew on or to one , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass., ἐρράφθαι τὸ χεῖλος to have one's lip sewed up , (Demosthenes Orator) 2. metaphorically to devise, contrive, plot , (Homer), etc.; proverbial, τὸ ὑπόδημα ἔρραψας μὲν σύ, ὑπεδήσατο δὲ Ἀρισταγόρης you made the shoe , but Aristagoras put it on, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9472
τρέπω
trepō — to rout
1. to turn or direct towards a thing, (Homer), etc.; mostly followed by a preposition, τρ. τινὰ εἰς εὐνήν to shew him to bed, (Odyssey by Homer); τρ. πόλεις ἐς ὕβριν (Thucydides); τρ. κεφαλὴν πρὸς ἠέλιον (Odyssey by Homer) 2. Pass. to turn one's steps, turn in a certain direction , τραφθῆναι ἀν᾽ Ἑλλάδα to roam up and down Greece, (Odyssey by Homer); with accusative cognate, τρέπεσθαι ὁδόν to take a course, (Herdotus Historicus) 3. Pass. also to turn or betake oneself , εἰς ἀοιδήν (Odyssey by Homer); ἐπὶ ἔργα (Iliad by Homer); ἐφ᾽ ἁρπαγήν (Thucydides); πρὸς ληιστείαν (Thucydides) 4. Pass. and Mid., of places, to be turned or look in a certain direction, πρὸς ζόφον (Odyssey by Homer); πρὸς ἄρκτον, πρὸς νότον (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 5. to turn , i. e. turn about , τρέπειν ἵππους (Iliad by Homer); τὰ καλὰ τρ. ἔζω to turn the best side outmost, (Pindar):—;Pass., αἰχμὴ τράπετο the point bent back , (Iliad by Homer); of the solstice, ἐπειδὰν ἐν χειμῶνι τράπηται ἥλιος (see. τροπή I) (Xenophon Historicus) 6. τρ. τὴν αἰτίαν, τὴν ὀργὴν εἴς τινα to divert the blame, the anger upon another, (Isaeus Orator):—;Pass., in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τρέποιτο ἐμοί on my head be it! (Aristophanes Comicus) 7. to turn another way, to alter, change , νόον, φρένας (Homer), etc.; ἐς γέλων τρ. τὸ πρᾶγμα (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass. to be changed, change , (Homer), etc.; with accusative cognate, τρεπόμενος τροπάς undergoing changes, (Aeschines Orator) 8. to turn or put to flight, rout, defeat , (Iliad by Homer), etc.; τρ. φύγαδε, Lat. convertere in fugam, (Iliad by Homer); τρ. ἐς φυγήν (Euripides);—;so, in aor1 middle, to put an enemy to flight , (Xenophon Historicus):—;Pass. to be put to flight, turn and flee , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; so in Mid., ἐς φυγὴν τραπέσθαι (Herdotus Historicus):—;also intransitive in Act., φύγαδ᾽ ἔτραπε (Iliad by Homer) 9. to turn away, keep off, hinder , τρ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τείχεος (Iliad by Homer); βέλος ἔτραπεν ἄλληι (Iliad by Homer) 10. to overturn , like ἀνατρέπω, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 11. to turn, apply , τρ. τι ἐς ἄλλο τι (Herdotus Historicus); ποῦ τέτροφας τὰς ἐμβάδα; what have you made of your shoes? (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass., ποῖ τρέπεται τὰ χρήματ; (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9580
ὑπολύω
hupoluō — to untie
1. to loosen beneath or below , ὑπέλυσε γυῖα made his limbs give way under him , (Iliad by Homer):—;Pass., γυῖα ὑπέλυντο (Iliad by Homer) 2. to loose from under the yoke, (Homer):—; to loose from bonds , (Odyssey by Homer); in Mid., τὸν ὑπελύσαο δεσμῶν thou didst free him from bonds by stealth , (Iliad by Homer) 3. to untie a person's sandals from under his feet, take off his shoes, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;Mid. to take off one's sandals or shoes, or to have them taken off , (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. with accusative pers. to unshoe him, take off his shoes , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q.v.) to the complete covering of the foot. The word so rendered (A.V.) in Deut. 33:25, min’al, “a bar,” is derived from a root meaning “to bolt” or “shut fast,” and hence a fastness or fortress. The verse has accordingly been rendered “iron and brass shall be thy fortress,” or, as in the Revised Version, “thy bars [marg., “shoes”] shall be iron and brass.”
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.