Lexicon hupopodion: a footstool Original Word: ὑποπόδιον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: hupopodion Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-op-od'-ee-on) Short Definition: a footstool Definition: a footstool. HELPS word-Studies 5286 hypopódion (literally, "under the feet") – properly, a footstool; (figuratively) "5286 (hypopódion) is a footstool used by a conquering king, to place his foot on the neck of the conquered" (Souter) – i.e. those under his total dominion. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hupo and the dim. of pousDefinitiona footstool NASB Translationfootstool (7).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5286: ὑποπόδιονὑποπόδιον, ὑποποδίου, τό ( ὑπό and πούς), a footstool (Latin suppedaneum): Matthew 5:35; Acts 7:49 (from Isaiah 66:1); James 2:3; τιθέναι τινα ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, to make one the footstool of one's feet, i. e. to subject, reduce under one's power (a metaphorically, taken from the practice of conquerors who placed their feet on the necks of their conquered enemies): Matthew 22:44 R G; Mark 12:36 (here WH ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν); Luke 20:43; Acts 2:35; Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 10:13, after Psalm 109:2 (). (Lucian, Athen., others; the Sept. for הֲדֹם; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 26).)
Strong's footstool. Neuter of a compound of hupo and pous; something under the feet, i.e. A foot-rest (figuratively) -- footstool. see GREEK hupo see GREEK pous |
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