Shoe

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile.

(2): ( n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.

(3): ( n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

(4): ( n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.

(5): ( n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.

(6): ( n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.

(7): ( n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.

(8): ( n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.

(9): ( n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.

(10): ( n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.

(11): ( n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.

(12): ( n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.

(13): ( n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

(14): ( n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; - called also slipper, and gib.

(15): ( n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

SHOE . See Dress, § 6 , where also reference is made to the custom, widely prevalent in antiquity, of removing the shoes before entering a temple, or other sacred precinct, in order to save the latter from ceremonial defilement. (For the original motive see RS [Note: S Religion of the Semites.] 2 453.)

The shoe played a part, further, in certain symbolical actions in Hebrew law. Thus in  Ruth 4:7 we are informed that it was an ancient custom in Israel, on completing a purchase, for the seller to draw off his shoe and hand it to the buyer, as a symbol of the transference of the property sold. A parallel symbolism is disclosed by the frequent occurrence, in early Babylonian deeds of sale dealing with house property, of the phrase, ‘the pestle [of the mortar] has been transferred’ (Meissner, Aus dem attbab. Recht , 6). In times when writing was the accomplishment of the few, such a symbolic act in the presence of witnesses was doubtless held equivalent to the later formal deeds (  Jeremiah 32:9 ff.).

The same passage of Ruth and  Deuteronomy 25:9 ff. shows that this symbolism, somewhat differently performed, with another still more expressive, was also adopted in the case of one renouncing his right to his deceased brother’s wife (See Marriage, § 4 ).

In the expression ‘upon [or over] Edom will I cast my shoe’ ( Psalms 60:8;   Psalms 108:9 ) many authorities find a reference to an extension of this shoe symbolism, the actual taking possession of the property being symbolized by throwing a shoe over or upon it. Others, however, rendering as RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘unto Edom,’ see in the words an assertion of Edom’s servitude, it being the part of a slave to carry his master’s shoes. The context and the singular ‘shoe’ (not ‘shoes’) favour the former interpretation.

A. R. S. Kennedy.

King James Dictionary

SHOE, n. plu. shoes.

1. A covering for the foot, usually of lether, composed of a thick species for the sole, and a thinner kind for the vamp and quarthers. Shoes for ladies often have some kind of cloth for the vamp and quarters. 2. A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of a horse to defend it from injury also, a plate of iron for for an ox's hoof, one for each division of the hoof. Oxen are shod in New England, sometimes to defend the hoof from injury in stony places, more generally to enable them to wald on ice, in which case the shoes are armed with sharp points. This is called calking. 3. The plate of iron which is nailed to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle that slides on snow in the winter. 4. A piece of timber fastened with pins to the bottom of the runners of a sled, to prevent them from wearing. 5. Something in form of a shoe. 6. A cover for defense.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Ὑπόδημα (Strong'S #5266 — Noun Neuter — hupodema — hoop-od'-ah-mah )

denotes "a sole bound under the foot" (hupo, "under," deo, "to bind;" cp. hupodeo, "to bind under"), "a sandal," always translated "shoes," e.g.,  Matthew 3:11;  10:10;  Mark 1:7 .

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Deuteronomy 33:25 (b) This is a type of the blessed preparation given by GOD to enable His children to traverse difficult roads without discomfort. He fits our feet for the road.

 Song of Solomon 7:1 (c) This indicates that the natural walk represented by natural feet is not beautiful nor acceptable to GOD unless affected and covered by those graces which He supplies for the work. It must be linked with the death of Christ for shoes, whether of wood or leather, can only be such after the death of that from which they are made.

 Matthew 3:11 (c) These are literal shoes, but symbolical of the Spirit of humility in doing the least and lowliest things for another.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shoe. See Sandal .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Deuteronomy 33:25 Min'al

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

SHOE. —See Sandal.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Shoe'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/shoe.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

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