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<p> &nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:35 (a) In this way the Lord is indicating that the enemies of GOD will be cut off and die. </p> <p> &nbsp;Deuteronomy 33:24 (a) By this we learn that the walk of the Godly man shall be a spiritual one filled with the richness and sweetness of GOD's blessings. </p> <p> &nbsp;Psalm 68:23 (a) This type is used to describe the victory over their enemies of those who walk in fellowship with GOD. </p> <p> &nbsp;Psalm 94:18 (b) David uses this type to describe his feeling; that he was drifting away from GOD's path. </p> <p> &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 5:1 (b) By this figure we are admonished to watch the walk and the manner of life. </p> <p> &nbsp;Isaiah 1:6 (c) The whole person is evidently wicked and vile in GOD's sight. Men are mad in their walk and their thought. The feet represent our walk, the head represents the thought. There is nothing at all in a human being that is acceptable to GOD until we trust JESUS CHRIST and become GOD's children. </p> <p> &nbsp;Ezekiel 1:7 (b) These are types of the walk of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. The calf is sure-footed and leaves a definite imprint where it steps. So CHRIST JESUS walked in a sure and certain path without sin, and left the imprint of His holiness wherever He went. </p> <p> &nbsp;Matthew 5:13 (a) Here we find a type of the actions of the world against the professing Christian who claims that he belongs to the Lord, yet shows no proofs of it in his daily life. Neither the world nor the church has any confidence in that man, and refuses to receive his testimony. This truth is also found in &nbsp;John 15:6. </p> <p> &nbsp;Matthew 18:8 (b) In this way the Lord is telling us that if we want to walk in the ways of the world so that the feet take us astray to the picture show, the tavern, the dance, it is best to cut off that foot so that such desires cannot and will not keep us away from CHRIST. (See also &nbsp;Mark 9:45). </p> <p> &nbsp;Matthew 22:13 (c) In many places in the [[Bible]] what we do, what we say, and how we walk and work are compared to garments or robes. [[Evidently]] the teaching in this passage is that this man wanted to be at the king's banquet in his own self-righteousness. Since this self-righteousness comes from the hands (what we do), and from the feet (how we walk), the Lord is indicating how worthless these are by telling the servant to bind him "hand and foot," and to cast him out of His presence. </p> <p> &nbsp;1 Corinthians 12:15 (b) This is a type of a Christian, any Christian. The Lord is telling us here that no part of the body is independent from the rest of the body. Every Christian is essential to the entire church of GOD. No, believer, no matter how humble or obscure, is overlooked by the Lord, either as to his care or his usefulness. </p> <p> &nbsp;Hebrews 10:29 (b) Here is a picture of the hatred that some had and some now have toward the person of our Lord JESUS. It is a picture of utter contempt for CHRIST, and a desire to crush Him. </p> <p> &nbsp;Revelation 10:2 (b) This figure represents the absolute power and authority of our Lord over all nations and His ability to punish all people. </p>

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The lower edge of a sail. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To tread; as, to foot the green. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To sum up, as the numbers in a column; - sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The size or strike with the talon. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To walk; - opposed to ride or fly. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n.) Recognized condition; rank; footing; - used only in the singular. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' n.) Fundamental principle; basis; plan; - used only in the singular. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' 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 Manus, and Pes. </p> <p> '''(13):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To kick with the foot; to spurn. </p> <p> '''(14):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To set on foot; to establish; to land. </p> <p> '''(15):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Soldiers]] who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. </p> <p> '''(16):''' ''' (''' 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. See Illust. of Buccinum. </p> <p> '''(17):''' ''' (''' n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. </p> <p> '''(18):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking. </p>

<p> FOOT, n. plu. feet. L. pes, pedis. Probably this word is allied to the Gr. to walk, to tread. Eng. verb, to tread. </p> 1. In animal bodies, the lower extremity of the leg the part of the leg which treads the earth in standing or walking, and by which the animal is sustained and enabled to step. 2. That which bears some resemblance to an animal's foot in shape or office the lower end of any thing that supports a body as the foot of a table. 3. The lower part the base as the foot of a column or of a mountain. 4. The lower part the bottom as the foot of an account the foot of a sail. 5. [[Foundation]] condition state. We are not on the same foot with our fellow citizens. In this sense, it is more common, in America, to use footing and in this sense the plural is not used. 6. Plan of establishment fundamental principles. Our constitution may hereafter be placed on a better foot. <p> In this sense the plural is not used. </p> 7. In military language, soldiers who march and fight on foot infantry, as distinguished from cavalry. <p> In this sense the plural is not used. </p> 8. A measure consisting of twelve inches supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. Geometricians divide the foot into 10 digits, and the digit into 10 lines. 9. In poetry, a certain number of syllables, constituting part of a verse as the iambus, the dactyl, and the spondee. 10. Step pace. 11. Level par. obs. 12. The part of a stocking or boot which receives the foot. <p> By foot, or rather, on foot, by walking, as to go or pass on foot or by fording, as to pass a stream on foot. See the next definition. </p> <p> To set on foot, to originate to begin to put in motion as, to set on foot a subscription. Hence, to be on foot, is to be in motion, action or process of execution. </p> <p> FOOT, </p> 1. To dance to tread to measure or music to skip. 2. To walk opposed to ride or fly. In this sense, the word is commonly followed by it. <p> If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. </p> <p> FOOT, </p> 1. To kick to strike with the foot to spurn. 2. To settle to begin to fix. Little used. 3. To tread as, to foot the green. 4. To add the numbers in a column, and set the sum at the foot as, to foot an account. 5. To seize and hold with the foot. Not used. 6. To add or make a foot as, to foot a stocking or boot.

<p> [[Sandals]] covered only the soles, so that the feet needed washing when coming from a journey. In &nbsp;John 13:10 a distinct Greek word expresses bathing the whole person and washing the feet; "he that is washed (leloumenos ) needeth not save to wash (nipsasthai ) his feet, but is clean every whit." When one has been, as Peter, once for all wholly forgiven in regeneration, and so received the bathing of the whole man, i.e. justification through faith in Jesus, he needs no repetition of this as Peter requested; all he needs is cleansing from the soils that his feet contract in his daily life walk. Hence we daily pray, "give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as," etc. (&nbsp;1 John 1:9.) So the priests in entering the house of God (&nbsp;Exodus 30:19). </p> <p> It was an act of humble deference to guests to wash the feet (&nbsp;Luke 7:38-44; &nbsp;1 Timothy 5:10). Disciples, after Christ's example, were to wash one another's feet, "by love serving one another" (&nbsp;Galatians 5:13). The sandals were taken off in entering a house, hence the command to Moses (&nbsp;Exodus 3:5) and to Joshua (&nbsp;Joshua 5:15); compare &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 5:1. To put them on was to prepare for active duty (&nbsp;Ezekiel 24:17); whereas mourners went barefoot (&nbsp;2 Samuel 15:30). To "cover the feet" was the delicate expression for easing oneself, preparatory to which the loose garment was let fall to cover the person (&nbsp;1 Samuel 24:3; compare margin &nbsp;2 Kings 18:27). [[Putting]] the feet on captives' necks, as Joshua did (&nbsp;Joshua 10:24), symbolizes complete mastery (&nbsp;Psalms 110:1; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 15:25; &nbsp;Isaiah 60:14). </p>

<p> <em> Regel </em> (רֶגֶל, 7272), “foot; leg.” <em> Regel </em> is a word found in many Semitic languages, referring to a part of the body. In the Old Testament, the word is used a total of 245 times, with its first occurrence in Gen. 8:9. </p> <p> <em> Regel </em> may refer to the “foot” of a human (Gen. 18:4), an animal (Ezek. 29:11), a bird (Gen. 8:9), or even a table (a rare usage; Exod. 25:26, KJV). The word’s usage is also extended to signify the “leg”: “And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders” (1 Sam. 17:6). <em> Regel </em> is used euphemistically for the genital area; thus urine is “water of the legs” (2 Kings 18:27) and pubic hair is “hair of the legs” (Isa. 7:20). The foot’s low place gave rise to an idiom: “From the sole of the foot to the crown of the head” (cf. Deut. 28:35), signifying the “total extent of the body.” </p> <p> “Foot” may be a metaphor of “arrogance”: “Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me” (Ps. 36:11). It is used to represent Israel: “Neither will I make the feet of [[Israel]] move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them” (2 Kings 21:8). </p> <p> In anthropomorphic expressions, God has “feet.” Thus God revealed Himself with a pavement of sapphire as clear as the sky under His “feet” (Exod. 24:10). The authors of [[Scripture]] portray God as having darkness (Ps. 18:9) and clouds of dust beneath His “feet” (Nah. 1:3), and sending a plague out from His “feet” (Hab. 3:5). His “feet” are said to rest on the earth (Isa. 66:1); the temple is also the resting place of His “feet”: “… And I will make the place of my feet glorious” (Isa. 60:13). Similarly, the seraphim had “feet,” which they covered with a pair of wings as they stood in the presence of God (Isa. 6:2); the cherubim had “feet” that Ezekiel described (Ezek. 1:7). </p> <p> The [[Septuagint]] gives the following translations: <em> pous </em> (“foot”) and <em> skelos </em> (“leg”). </p>

<p> See Feet </p>

<p> '''''foot''''' ( רגל , <i> '''''reghel''''' </i> , קרסל , <i> '''''ḳarṣōl''''' </i> (only twice in parallel passages: &nbsp;2 Samuel 22:37 = &nbsp; Psalm 18:36 , where it probably means ankle); πούς , <i> '''''poús''''' </i> ): 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 (&nbsp;Genesis 18:4; &nbsp;Luke 7:44 ). This has therefore become almost synonymous with the bestowal of hospitality (&nbsp;1 Timothy 5:10 ). At an early date this service was considered one of the lowest tasks of servants (&nbsp;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 (&nbsp;John 13:4-15 ). The undoing of the latchets or leather thongs of the sandals (&nbsp;Mark 1:7; &nbsp;Luke 3:16; &nbsp;John 1:27 ) seems to refer to the same menial duty. </p> <p> 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 (&nbsp;Matthew 10:14; &nbsp;Acts 13:51 ). </p> <p> 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" (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 8:4; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 29:5 ). </p> <p> In the house shoes and sandals were never worn; even the most delicate would put on shoes only when going out (&nbsp;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" (&nbsp;Exodus 3:5; &nbsp;Joshua 5:15; &nbsp;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" (&nbsp;Ecclesiastes 5:1 (Hebrew 4:17)). </p> <p> Nakedness of the feet in public, especially among the wealthier classes, who used to wear shoes or sandals, was a token of mourning (&nbsp;Ezekiel 24:17 and probably also &nbsp; Jeremiah 2:25 and &nbsp; Isaiah 20:2-4 ). A peculiar ceremony is referred to in &nbsp;Deuteronomy 25:9 , &nbsp;Deuteronomy 25:10 , 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 Rth 4:7, Rth 4:8. </p> <p> Numerous are the phrases in which the word "foot" or "feet" is used in Biblical language. "To cover the feet" (&nbsp;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 (&nbsp;Proverbs 6:13 ). "To sit at the feet," means to occupy the place of a learner (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 33:3; &nbsp;Luke 10:39; &nbsp;Acts 22:3 ). Vanquished enemies had to submit to being trodden upon by the conqueror (a ceremony often represented on Egyptian monuments; &nbsp;Joshua 10:24; &nbsp;Psalm 8:6; &nbsp;Psalm 110:1; compare &nbsp;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 (&nbsp;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 (&nbsp;Genesis 49:33 ). "Foot" or "feet" is sometimes used euphemistically for the genitals (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 28:57; &nbsp;Ezekiel 16:25 ). In &nbsp;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. &nbsp; Psalm 91:12 , "lest thou dash thy foot against a stone"; &nbsp;Psalm 94:18 , "My foot slippeth"; &nbsp;Psalm 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 (&nbsp;Psalm 73:2; &nbsp;Job 23:11; &nbsp;Job 31:5 ). </p> <p> Figurative: In the metaphorical language of &nbsp; Isaiah 52:7 "the feet" are synonymous with "the coming." </p>

<p> (properly רֶנֶל, re'gel, ποῦς ). Of the various senses in which the word "foot" is used in Scripture The following are the most remarkable. Such phrases as the "slipping" of the foot, the "stumbling" of the foot, "from head to foot" (to express the entire body), and "footsteps" (to express tendencies, as when we say of one that he walks in another's footstep), require no explanation, being common to most languages. </p> <p> The extreme modesty of the [[Hebrew]] language, which has perhaps seldom been sufficiently appreciated dictated the use of the word "feet" to express the parts and the acts which it is not allowed to name. Hence such phrases as the "hair of the feet," the "water of the feet," "between the feet," "to open the feet," "to cover the feet," all of which are sufficiently intelligible, except perhaps the last, While certainly does not mean "going to sleep," as some interpreters suggest, but "to dismiss the refuse of nature." </p> <p> "To be under any one's feet" denotes the subordination of a subject to his sovereign, or of a servant to his master (&nbsp;Psalms 8:6; comp. &nbsp;Hebrews 2:8; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 15:26); and was doubtless derived from the symbolical action of conquerors, who set their feet upon the neck or body of the chiefs whom they had vanquished, in token of their triumph. This custom is expressly mentioned in Scripture (&nbsp;Joshua 10:23), and is figured on the monuments of Egypt, Persia, and Rome., (See [[Triumph]]). </p> <p> In like manner, "to be at any one's feet" is used for being at the service of any one, following him, or willingly receiving his instructions (&nbsp;Judges 4:10). The last passage, in which Paul is described as being brought up "at the feet of Gamaliel," will appear still clearer if we understand that, as thee [[Jewish]] writers allege, pupils actually did sit on the floor before, and therefore. at the feet of, the doctors of the law, who themselves were raised on an elevated seat. (See [[Disciple]]). </p> <p> "Lameness of feet" generally denotes affliction or calamity, as in &nbsp;Psalms 35:15; &nbsp;Psalms 38:18; &nbsp;Jeremiah 20:10; &nbsp;Micah 4:6-7; &nbsp;Zechariah 3:9. (See [[Lame]]). </p> <p> "To set one's foot" in a place signifies to take possession of it, as in Deuteronomy 1:36; 11:34, and elsewhere. </p> <p> "To water with the feet" (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 11:10) implies that the soil was watered with as much ease as a garden, in which the small channels for irrigation may be turned, etc., with the foot. (See [[Garden]]). </p> <p> An elegant phrase, borrowed from the feet, occurs in &nbsp;Galatians 2:14, where Paul says, "When I saw that they walked not uprightly, ῎οὐκ ὀρθοποδοῦσι , literally, "not with a straight foot," or "did not foot it straightly." </p> <p> Nakedness of feet expressed mourning (&nbsp;Ezekiel 24:17). This must mean. appearing abroad with naked feet, for there is reason to think that the Jews never used their sandals or shoes within doors. The modern Orientals consider it disrespectful to enter a room without taking off the outer covering of their feet. It is with them equivalent to uncovering the head among Europeans. The practice of feet-washing implies a similar usage among the Hebrews. (See [[Ablution]]); (See [[Washing]]). Uncovering the feet was also a mark of adoration. Moses put off his sandals to approach the burning bush where the presence of God was manifested (&nbsp;Exodus 3:5). Among the modern Orientals it would be regarded as the height of profanation to enter a place of worship with covered feet. The Egyptian priests officiated barefoot; and most commentators. are of opinion that the [[Aaronite]] priests served with bare feet in the tabernacle, as, according to all the Jewish writers, they afterwards did in the Temple, and as the frequent washings of their feet enjoined by the law seem to imply. (See [[Sandals]]). </p> <p> The passage, "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth glad tidings, that publisheth peace" (&nbsp;Isaiah 52:7 ), appears to signify that, although the feet of messengers and travelers are usually rendered disagreeable by the soil and dust of the way, yet the feet of these blessed messengers seemed, notwithstanding, even beautiful, on account of the glad tidings which they bore. </p>