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The term "foot" in the Bible is rich with symbolic and literal significance, appearing in various contexts throughout the Scriptures. It is used to describe physical actions, spiritual conditions, and metaphorical expressions.

Literal Use:

In its literal sense, the foot is often mentioned in the context of travel and movement. In ancient times, walking was the primary mode of transportation, and the condition of one's feet was crucial. For instance, in Genesis 18:4, Abraham offers water to wash the feet of his angelic visitors, a common practice of hospitality in the ancient Near East: "Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree."

The foot is also associated with the act of standing or taking a position. In Exodus 3:5, God commands Moses, "Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." Here, the removal of sandals signifies reverence and respect in the presence of the divine.

Symbolic Use:

Symbolically, the foot often represents dominion and authority. In Psalm 8:6, the psalmist declares, "You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet." This imagery conveys the idea of subjugation and control, reflecting humanity's God-given authority over creation.

The foot is also used to symbolize the path of life and moral conduct. Proverbs 4:26-27 advises, "Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil." Here, the foot represents one's journey and the choices made along the way, emphasizing the importance of righteous living.

Spiritual and Metaphorical Use:

In the New Testament, the foot takes on a deeper spiritual meaning. Jesus' act of washing His disciples' feet in John 13:5-14 is a profound lesson in humility and service. Jesus tells Peter, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me" (John 13:8). This act symbolizes spiritual cleansing and the call to serve others selflessly.

The foot is also used metaphorically to describe the spread of the Gospel. Romans 10:15 states, "As it is written: 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!'" This passage highlights the honor and beauty associated with those who carry the message of salvation.

Judgment and Victory:

In prophetic literature, the foot is often associated with judgment and victory. In Isaiah 63:3, the imagery of treading the winepress is used to depict divine judgment: "I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the nations no one was with Me." This symbolizes God's ultimate authority and the execution of His righteous judgment.

Similarly, the foot is a symbol of victory over enemies. In Joshua 10:24, Joshua commands his men to place their feet on the necks of defeated kings, signifying triumph and subjugation: "Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings."

Conclusion:

Throughout the Bible, the foot serves as a powerful symbol of movement, authority, moral conduct, service, and victory. Whether in literal or metaphorical contexts, it underscores the importance of one's journey, the exercise of dominion, and the call to live a life of righteousness and service.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Foot

The expressions in De 32:35, "their foot shall slide in due time," and in the traveler's song, Psalm 121:3, "he will not suffer thy foot to be moved," Psalm 66:9 Jeremiah 13:16, have reference to the dangerous character of the narrow roads or paths of the East, over rocks and beside precipices where a sliding foot was often fatal. See also Isaiah 8:14 Luke 2:34. Nakedness of feet was a sign of mourning. God says to Ezekiel, "Make no mourning for the dead, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet," Ezekiel 24:17. It was likewise a mark of respect. Moses put off his shoes to approach the burning bush; and most commentators are of opinion that the priests served in the tabernacle with their feet naked, as they did afterwards in the temple. The Turks never enter their mosques till after they have washed their feet and their hands, and have put off the outward covering of their legs. The Christians of Ethiopia enter their churches with their shoes off, and the Indian Brahmins and others have the same respect for their pagodas and temples. Eastern conquerors used to set their feet on the necks of conquered princes, Joshua 10:22, and action often figured in ancient sculptures, Psalm 8:6 Isaiah 49:23 1 1 Corinthians 15:25 Hebrews 2:8. See NINEVEH.

The orientals used to wash the feet of strangers who came off a journey, because they commonly walked with their legs bare, and their feet defended only by sandals, Genesis 24:32 43:24. So Abraham washed the feet of the three angels, Genesis 18:4. This office was usually performed by servants and slaves; and hence Abigail answers David, who sought her in marriage, that she should think it an honor to wash the feet of the king's servants, 1 Samuel 25:41. Paul would have a widow assisted by the church, to be one who had hospitably washed the feet of saints, 1 Timothy 5:10. The practice is still met with in Palestine. Says Dr. Robinson, at Ramleh, "Our youthful host now proposed, in the genuine style of ancient oriental hospitality, that a servant should wash our feet. This took me by surprise; for I was not aware that the custom still existed here. Nor does it indeed towards foreigners, though it is quite common among the natives. We gladly accepted the proposal, both for the sake of the refreshment and of the scriptural illustration. A female Nubian slave accordingly brought water, which she poured upon our feet over a large shallow basin of tinned copper, kneeling before us and rubbing our feet with her hands, and wiping them with a napkin. It was one of the most gratifying minor incidents of our whole journey." Our Savior, after his last supper, gave a striking lesson of humility, by washing his disciples' feet, John 13:5-6,8, though the eighth verse shows that he had also a deeper meaning. See SANDALS.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Pes.

2. (n.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails

3. (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

4. (n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.

5. (n.) Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.

6. (n.) Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.

7. (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

8. (n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.

9. (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

10. (n.) The lower edge of a sail.

11. (v. i.) To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

12. (v. i.) To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.

13. (v. t.) To kick with the foot; to spurn.

14. (v. t.) To set on foot; to establish; to land.

15. (v. t.) To tread; as, to foot the green.

16. (v. t.) To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.

17. (n.) The size or strike with the talon.

18. (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FOOT

foot (reghel, qarcol (only twice in parallel passages: 2 Samuel 22:37 = Psalm 18:36, where it probably means ankle); pous): The dusty roads of Palestine and other eastern lands make a much greater care of the feet necessary than we are accustomed to bestow upon them. The absence of socks or stockings, the use of sandals and low shoes rather than boots and, to an even greater degree, the frequent habit of walking barefoot make it necessary to wash the feet repeatedly every day. This is always done when entering the house, especially the better upper rooms which are usually carpeted. It is a common dictate of good manners to perform this duty to a visitor, either personally or through a servant; at least water for washing has to be presented (Genesis 18:4 Luke 7:44). This has therefore become almost synonymous with the bestowal of hospitality (1 Timothy 5:10). At an early date this service was considered one of the lowest tasks of servants (1 Samuel 25:41), probably because the youngest and least trained servants were charged with the task, or because of the idea of defilement connected with the foot. It was, for the same reason, if rendered voluntarily, a service which betokened complete devotion. Jesus taught the greatest lesson of humility by performing this humble service to His disciples (John 13:4-15). The undoing of the latchets or leather thongs of the sandals (Mark 1:7 Luke 3:16 John 1:27) seems to refer to the same menial duty.

Often the feet and shoes were dusted on the highway, as is being done in the Orient to this day, but if it were done in an ostentatious manner in the presence of a person or a community who had refused hospitality to a stranger, it was understood in the same sense in which the cutting in two of the tablecloth was considered in the days of knighthood: it meant rejection and separation (Matthew 10:14 Acts 13:51).

The roads of the desert were not only dusty but rough, and the wanderer was almost sure to ruin his ill-made shoes and wound his weary feet. A special providence of God protected the children of Israel from this experience during the long journey through the wilderness. "Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years" (Deuteronomy 8:4; Deuteronomy 29:5).

In the house shoes and sandals were never worn; even the most delicate would put on shoes only when going out (Deuteronomy 28:56). The shoes were left outside of the house or in a vestibule. This was especially done in the house of God and at the time of prayer, for whenever or wherever that might be, the law was: "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground" (Exodus 3:5 Joshua 5:15 Acts 7:33). This custom still prevails among the Moslems of our day. Probably it was the idea of defilement through contact with the common ground which gave rise to its moral application by the Preacher, "Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God" (Ecclesiastes 5:1 (Hebrew 4:17)).

Nakedness of the feet in public, especially among the wealthier classes, who used to wear shoes or sandals, was a token of mourning (Ezekiel 24:17 and probably also Jeremiah 2:25 and Isaiah 20:2-4). A peculiar ceremony is referred to in Deuteronomy 25:9, 10, whereby a brother-in-law, who refused to perform his duty under the Levirate law, was publicly put to shame. "And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed." See also Ruth 4:7, 8.

Numerous are the phrases in which the word "foot" or "feet" is used in Biblical language. "To cover the feet" (1 Samuel 24:3) is synonymous with obeying a call of Nature. "To speak with the feet" is expressive of the eloquence of abusive and obscene gesticulation among oriental people, where hands, eyes and feet are able to express much without the use of words (Proverbs 6:13). "To sit at the feet," means to occupy the place of a learner (Deuteronomy 33:3 Luke 10:39 Acts 22:3). Vanquished enemies had to submit to being trodden upon by the conqueror (a ceremony often represented on Egyptian monuments; Joshua 10:24 Psalm 8:6; Psalm 110:1; compare Isaiah 49:23). James warns against an undue humiliation of those who join us in the service of God, even though they be poor or mean-looking, by bidding them to take a lowly place at the feet of the richer members of the congregation (James 2:3). We read of dying Jacob that "he gathered up his feet into the bed," for he had evidently used his bed as a couch, on which he had been seated while delivering his charge to his several sons (Genesis 49:33). "Foot" or "feet" is sometimes used euphemistically for the genitals (Deuteronomy 28:57 Ezekiel 16:25). In Deuteronomy 11:10 an interesting reference is made to some Egyptian mode of irrigating the fields, `the watering with the foot,' which mode would be unnecessary in the promised land of Canaan which "drinketh water of the rain of heaven." It is, however, uncertain whether this refers to the water-wheels worked by a treadmill arrangement or whether reference is made to the many tributary channels, which, according to representations on the Egyptian monuments, intersected the gardens and fields and which could be stopped or opened by placing or removing a piece of sod at the mouth of the channel. This was usually done with the foot. Frequently we find references to the foot in expressions connected with journeyings and pilgrimages, which formed so large a part in the experiences of Israel, e.g. Psalm 91:12, "lest thou dash thy foot against a stone"; 94:18, "My foot slippeth"; 121:3, "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved," and many more. Often the reference is to the "walk," i.e. the moral conduct of life (Psalm 73:2 Job 23:11; Job 31:5).

Figurative: In the metaphorical language of Isaiah 52:7 "the feet" are synonymous with "the coming."

H. L. E. Luering

Greek

4228. pous -- a foot
... pous. 4229 . a foot. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pous Phonetic
Spelling: (pooce) Short Definition: the foot Definition: the foot. ...
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939. basis -- a foot
... a foot. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: basis Phonetic Spelling:
(bas'-ece) Short Definition: the foot Definition: a step; hence: a foot. ...
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3979. peze -- on foot, by land
... on foot, by land. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: peze Phonetic Spelling:
(ped-zay') Short Definition: on foot Definition: on foot, by land. on foot. ...
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3978. pezeuo -- to travel on foot or by land
... to travel on foot or by land. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pezeuo Phonetic
Spelling: (ped-zyoo'-o) Short Definition: I travel on foot Definition: I ...
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1687. embateuo -- to set foot upon
... to set foot upon. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: embateuo Phonetic Spelling:
(em-bat-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I enter, set foot on Definition: I enter ...
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3979a. peze -- on foot, by land
... peze. 3979b . on foot, by land. Transliteration: peze Short Definition: foot.
Word Origin adverb from pezos Definition on foot, by land NASB Word Usage foot ( ...
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3979b. pezos -- on foot, by land.
... pezos. 3980 . on foot, by land. Transliteration: pezos Short Definition: foot.
Word Origin from pous Definition on foot, by land. 3979a, 3979b. pezos. 3980 ...
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5266. hupodema -- a sole bound under (the foot), a sandal
... a sole bound under (the foot), a sandal. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration:
hupodema Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-od'-ay-mah) Short Definition: a sandal ...
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968. bema -- a step, raised place, by impl. a tribunal
... tribunal. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: bema Phonetic Spelling:
(bay'-ma) Short Definition: the space covered by a step of the foot, a tribunal ...
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3961. pateo -- to tread or tread on
... Word Origin from patos (trodden) Definition to tread or tread on NASB Word Usage
trampled under (1), tread (1), tread under foot (1), treads (1), trodden (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7273. ragli -- on foot
... 7272, 7273. ragli. 7274 . on foot. Transliteration: ragli Phonetic Spelling:
(rag-lee') Short Definition: foot. Word Origin from ...
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7272. regel -- foot
... foot. Transliteration: regel Phonetic Spelling: (reh'-gel) Short Definition: feet. ...
From ragal; a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. ...
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7271. regal -- foot
... 7270, 7271. regal. 7272 . foot. Transliteration: regal Phonetic Spelling:
(reg-al') Short Definition: feet. ... foot. (Aramaic) corresponding to regel -- foot. ...
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3709. kaph -- hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot) ...
... 3708b, 3709. kaph. 3710 . hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot),
a pan. Transliteration: kaph Phonetic Spelling: (kaf) Short Definition: hands ...
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6446. pas -- flat (of the hand or foot)
... 6445, 6446. pas. 6447 . flat (of the hand or foot). Transliteration:
pas Phonetic Spelling: (pas) Short Definition: varicolored. ...
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6471. paam -- a beat, foot, anvil, occurrence
... 6470, 6471. paam. 6472 . a beat, foot, anvil, occurrence. Transliteration:
paam Phonetic Spelling: (pah'-am) Short Definition: times. ...
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7270. ragal -- to go about on foot
... 7269, 7270. ragal. 7271 . to go about on foot. Transliteration: ragal
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-gal') Short Definition: spies. Word ...
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1916. hadom -- a stool, footstool
... footstool. From an unused root meaning to stamp upon; a foot stool --
(foot-)stool. 1915, 1916. hadom. 1917 . Strong's Numbers.
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5541. calah -- to make light of, toss aside
... tread down under foot, value A primitive root; to hang up, ie Weigh, or (figuratively)
contemn -- tread down (under foot), value. 5540, 5541. calah. 5541a ...
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3533. kabash -- to subdue, bring into bondage
... brought them into subjection (2), forced into bondage (1), forcing (1), subdue
(1), subdued (5), subjugate (1), trample (1), tread our under foot (1), under ...
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Library

The Foot-Washing.
... VI. THE FOOT-WASHING. ... The upper part of the foot was thus left exposed, and necessarily
became heated and dirty with the fine and scorching dust of the roads. ...
/.../dods/the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol ii/vi the foot-washing.htm

Passion Week at the Foot of the Cross.
... Passion Week At the Foot of the Cross. II. At the Foot of the Cross. 8,8,8,8,8,8.
O Welt, sich hier dein Leben. [78]Paul Gerhardt.1659. Oh, world! ...
/.../lyra germanica second series the christian life/passion week at the foot.htm

The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye.
... Book XIII. 24. The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye. And it is well, then,
if the eye and the hand are deserving of praise, that ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/24 the offending hand or.htm

At the Foot of the Bamboos
... V. AT THE FOOT OF THE BAMBOOS. The sad and sudden departure of Mr. Pohlman
so affected a maiden sister, Miss Pohlman, then at Amoy ...
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How Brother Juniper Cut Off the Foot of a Pig to Give it to a Sick ...
... PART TWO. HERE BEGINNETH THE LIFE OF BROTHER JUNIPER CHAPTER I HOW BROTHER JUNIPER
CUT OFF THE FOOT OF A PIG TO GIVE IT TO A SICK BROTHER. ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter i how brother juniper.htm

How Jesus Healed a Boy's Foot.
... Latin Form. Chapter VIII."How Jesus Healed a Boy's Foot. And a few days thereafter,
a boy in that town was splitting wood, and struck his foot. ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of thomas/chapter viii how jesus healed a.htm

Fragment Xli. This Indicates the Persecution against the Church ...
... Fragment XLI. This indicates the persecution against the Church set on
foot by the nations who still? This [4884] indicates the ...
/.../fragment xli this indicates the.htm

How St Francis, Having Allowed an Evil Thought to Arise in his ...
... OF ASSISI CHAPTER III HOW ST FRANCIS, HAVING ALLOWED AN EVIL THOUGHT TO ARISE IN
HIS MIND AGAINST BROTHER BERNARD, ORDERED HIM TO PLACE HIS FOOT THREE TIMES ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter iii how st francis.htm

How the vine of the Priest of Rieti, Whose House St Francis ...
... FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHAPTER XIX HOW THE VINE OF THE PRIEST OF RIETI,
WHOSE HOUSE ST FRANCIS ENTERED TO PRAY, WAS TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT BY THE ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xix how the vine.htm

Ephesians iv. 25-27
... Let not the eye, saith he, lie to the foot, nor the foot to the eye. ... [338] Will the
foot tell a lie, and not report the truth as it is? And what again? ...
/.../homily xiv ephesians iv 25-27.htm

Thesaurus

Foot (193 Occurrences)
... in snails. 3. (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal;
as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. 4. (n.) The ...
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Foot-rest (2 Occurrences)
Foot-rest. Foot-race, Foot-rest. Foot-rings . Multi-Version Concordance
Foot-rest (2 Occurrences). Hebrews 10:13 And has been waiting ...
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Foot-breadth (1 Occurrence)
Foot-breadth. Foot, Foot-breadth. Foot-chains . Multi-Version Concordance
Foot-breadth (1 Occurrence). Deuteronomy 2:5 attack them ...
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Foot-race (1 Occurrence)
Foot-race. Footprints, Foot-race. Foot-rest . Multi-Version
Concordance Foot-race (1 Occurrence). 1 Corinthians 9:24 ...
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Foot-chains (1 Occurrence)
Foot-chains. Foot-breadth, Foot-chains. Footed . Multi-Version
Concordance Foot-chains (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 3:16 Again ...
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Foot-rings (1 Occurrence)
Foot-rings. Foot-rest, Foot-rings. Foot's . Multi-Version Concordance
Foot-rings (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 3:18 In that day the Lord ...
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Foot's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Foot's (1 Occurrence). Acts 7:5 and He gave him
no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise ...
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Sole (13 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself. ... 7. (n.) The
horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts. ...
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Toe (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.
2. (n.) The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal. ...
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Step (41 Occurrences)
... 1. (v.) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving
one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession. ...
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Foot (193 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:6
and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and,'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
(KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Matthew 5:35
nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 6:27
Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot to his height?
(WEY)

Matthew 7:6
Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
(BBE RSV)

Matthew 14:13
Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 18:8
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 22:13
Then the king said to the servants,'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 5:4
because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
(See NIV)

Mark 6:33
They saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 9:45
If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched-
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 4:11
and,'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:5
"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
(WEB ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)

Luke 8:29
For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
(See NIV)

Luke 12:1
Meanwhile the people had come streaming towards Him by tens of thousands, so that they were trampling one another under foot. And now He proceeded to say to His disciples first, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is to say, beware of hypocrisy.
(WEY)

Luke 21:24
They will fall by the sword, or be carried off into slavery among all the Gentiles. And Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, till the appointed times of the Gentiles have expired.
(WEY NAS)

John 11:44
He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)

John 13:18
I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.
(BBE)

John 20:12
and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
(See NIV)

Acts 7:5
He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 20:3
And having spent three months there, a treacherous plot against him having been set on foot by the Jews, as he was going to sail to Syria, the resolution was adopted of returning through Macedonia.
(DBY)

Acts 20:13
And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Acts 20:18
When they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,
(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV)

Acts 21:4
And having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days: and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.
(ASV NAS)

Romans 9:32
And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 12:15
If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 10:29
How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV)

1 Peter 2:8
and "a Stone for the foot to strike against, and a Rock to stumble over." Their foot strikes against it because they are disobedient to God's Message, and to this they were appointed.
(WEY)

Revelation 1:13
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Revelation 6:9
When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed because of the word of God and of the testimony which they had given.
(WEY)

Revelation 10:2
He had in his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 11:2
Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Revelation 14:20
And the grapes were crushed under foot outside the town, and blood came out from them, even to the head-bands of the horses, two hundred miles.
(BBE)

Genesis 3:15
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
(BBE)

Genesis 8:9
but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 25:25
And the first came out red from head to foot like a robe of hair, and they gave him the name of Esau.
(BBE)

Genesis 25:26
And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.
(BBE)

Genesis 33:14
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I -- I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which 'is' before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.'
(YLT)

Genesis 41:44
Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 49:17
May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.
(BBE)

Exodus 12:37
The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 19:12
And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:
(BBE NIV)

Exodus 19:17
And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,
(BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 21:24
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 24:4
Then Moses put down in writing all the words of the Lord, and he got up early in the morning and made an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 29:20
Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 30:18
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 30:28
And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 31:9
And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 32:19
And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 34:3
No one is to come up with you, and let no man be seen anywhere on the mountain; let no flocks or herds come near to get their food at its foot.
(BBE)

Exodus 35:16
The altar of burnt offering, with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 38:8
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 39:39
The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 40:11
And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
(KJV WBS)

Leviticus 8:11
And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
(KJV WBS)

Leviticus 8:23
He killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 8:24
He brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS)

Leviticus 11:3
Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS RSV)

Leviticus 11:4
But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.
(BBE)

Leviticus 11:6
And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you.
(BBE)

Leviticus 11:7
The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS RSV)

Leviticus 11:26
"'Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT RSV)

Leviticus 11:27
Any four-footed beast which goes on the ball of its foot, is unclean to you: anyone touching the dead body of one of these will be unclean till evening.
(Root in BBE)

Leviticus 13:12
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
(KJV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:14
The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:17
The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:25
He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:28
Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 21:19
or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 11:21
Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said,'I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:19
The children of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then will I give its price: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet."
(See RSV NIV)

Numbers 22:25
The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he struck her again.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 1:36
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he has trodden on, and to his children, because he has wholly followed Yahweh."
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 2:5
don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 2:28
Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 3:17
the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border of it, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 4:11
And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:49
and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 8:4
Your clothing didn't grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:25
No man shall be able to stand before you: Yahweh your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has spoken to you.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 14:6
Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 14:8
And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 19:21
Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 25:9
then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, "So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 28:35
Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 28:56
The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:65
Among these nations you shall find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 29:5
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things that are to come on them shall make haste."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:3
Also He 'is' loving the peoples; All His holy ones 'are' in thy hand, And they -- they sat down at thy foot, 'Each' He lifteth up at thy words.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 33:24
Of Asher he said, "Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 1:3
I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, as I told Moses.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 3:13
It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap."
(See NIV)

Joshua 5:15
And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Joshua 11:3
to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
(DBY NAS)

Joshua 11:17
from the smooth mountain, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-Gad in the valley of Lebanon, at the foot of mount Hermon; and he took all their kings, and smote them, and put them to death.
(DBY NAS)

Joshua 12:3
and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
(See NAS RSV)

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Foot: Washing the Feet of the Disciples by Jesus

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