Word Summary
hypopodion: a footstool
Original Word: ὑποπόδιονTransliteration: hypopodion
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-op-od'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a footstool
Meaning: a footstool
Strong's Concordance
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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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).)