Quick Definition
πούς, ποδός, ὁ n.m. the foot
Strong's Definition
a primary word; a "foot" (figuratively or literally)
KJV Usage: foot(-stool)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | ποδός | ἀνδραποδιστής · ὀρθοποδέω · ποδήρης · στρατοπεδάρχης · στρατόπεδον · τετράπουν
8.49 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
foot the part of the leg below the ankle on which a person or animal stands and moves In REV 10:1 (οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὡς στῦλοι πυρός ‘his feet were like pillars of fire’) it is possible that πούς refers to the leg since the context of REV 10:1 would seem to favor this interpretation, but the meaning of ‘foot’ should not be excluded, especially since this passage refers to an image as part of a supernatural vision, and one cannot be certain of the specific intent.
MAT 4:6 · MAT 5:35 · MAT 7:6 · MAT 10:14 · MAT 15:30 · MAT 18:8 · MAT 18:8 · MAT 22:13 · MAT 28:9 · MRK 5:22 · MRK 6:11 · MRK 7:25 · MRK 9:45 · MRK 9:45 · LUK 1:79 · LUK 4:11 · LUK 7:38 · LUK 7:38 · LUK 7:38 · LUK 7:44 · LUK 7:44 · LUK 7:45 · LUK 7:46 · LUK 8:35 · LUK 8:41 · LUK 9:5 · LUK 10:11 · LUK 10:39 · LUK 15:22 · LUK 17:16 · LUK 24:39 · LUK 24:40 · JHN 11:2 · JHN 11:32 · JHN 11:44 · JHN 12:3 · JHN 12:3 · JHN 13:5 · JHN 13:6 · JHN 13:8 · JHN 13:9 · JHN 13:10 · JHN 13:12 · JHN 13:14 · JHN 13:14 · JHN 20:12 · ACT 5:9 · ACT 5:10 · ACT 7:5 · ACT 7:33 · ACT 7:49 · ACT 7:58 · ACT 10:25 · ACT 13:25 · ACT 13:51 · ACT 14:8 · ACT 14:10 · ACT 16:24 · ACT 21:11 · ACT 22:3 · ACT 26:16 · ROM 3:15 · ROM 10:15 · 1CO 12:15 · 1CO 12:21 · EPH 6:15 · HEB 12:13 · REV 1:15 · REV 1:17 · REV 2:18 · REV 3:9 · REV 10:1 · REV 10:2 · REV 11:11 · REV 12:1 · REV 13:2 · REV 19:10 · REV 22:8
34.59 · Association · Show Hospitality
Collocation: πόδας νίπτω
to be very hospitable to (an idiom, literally: to wash the feet, derived from the practice of washing the feet of any guest entering the home) to show sincere and gracious hospitality to someone It is also possible that the idiom πόδας νίπτω means ‘to perform humble duties on behalf of someone’ (see 88.58).
88.58 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Humility
Collocation: πόδας νίπτω
to act humbly, to behave in a humble manner (an idiom, literally: to wash the feet) to show humility by doing humble tasks For another interpretation of πόδας νίπτω in 1TI 5:10, see 34.59.
57.82 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give
Collocation: τίθημι παρὰ τοὺς πόδας · τίθημι πρὸς τοὺς πόδας
to turn over to, to put at someone’s disposal (idioms, literally: to put at someone’s feet) to present something to someone who is reckoned as having superior status or position
41.30 · Behavior and Related States · Particular Patterns of Behavior
Collocation: τροχιὰς ὀρθὰς ποιέω τοῖς ποσίν
to live, to behave, to conduct oneself correctly (an idiom, literally: to make straight wheel tracks for the feet) to live or behave in strict conformance to a predetermined model for behavior
37.8 · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain
Collocation: ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας · ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν · ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν
under the complete control of (idioms, literally under the feet of, and: footstool of the feet) to be under the complete control of someone In a number of languages it is simply not possible to preserve the idiom ‘under the feet of,’ though in some instances one may use a parallel idiom, for example, ‘to stand on,’ so that 1CO 15:25 might be rendered ‘until he stands on all his enemies,’ but it is more likely that the idiom in this context is better rendered as ‘until he defeats all his enemies.’
MAT 5:35 · MAT 22:44 · MRK 12:36 · LUK 20:43 · ACT 2:35 · ACT 7:49 · ROM 16:20 · 1CO 15:25 · 1CO 15:27 · EPH 1:22 · HEB 1:13 · HEB 2:8 · HEB 10:13
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πούς (not ποῦς, see Lob. ad Phryn. p. 765; Gétiling, Accentl. p. 244; [Chandler, Grk. Accentuation, § 566]; W. § 6, 1d.; Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch. p.48), ποδός, 6, [allied νυ. πέδον, πέζα, Lat. pes, etc.; Curtius § 291; Vanivek p. 473], dat. plur. ποσίν, fr. Hom. down, Hebr. 939; a foot, both of men and of beasts: Mt. iv. 6; vii. 6; xxii. 13; Mk. ix.45; Lk.i. 79; Jn. xi.44; Acts vii.5; 1 Co. xii. 15; Rev. x. 2, and often. From the oriental practice of placing the foot upon the vanquished (Josh. x. 24), come the foll. expressions: ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας συντρίβειν (q: ν.) τινά, Ro. xvi. 20; ὑποτάσσειν τινά, 1 Co. xv. 27; Eph. i. 22; Heb. ii. 8; τιθέναι, 1 Co. xv. 25; τιθέναι τινὰ ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν, Mt. xxii. 441, T Tr WH; ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν, Mt. xxii. 44 RG; Mk. xii. 36 [here WH ὑποκάτω τ. 7]; Lk. xx. 43; Actsii. 35; Heb. i. 13; x.13; disciples listening to their teacher’s instruction are said παρὰ (or πρὸς) τοὺς πόδας τινὸς καθῆσθαι or παρακαθίσαι, Lk. x. 39; Acts xxii. 3, ef. Lk. viii. 35; to lay a thing παρὰ (or πρὸς) τοὺς πόδας τινός is used of those who consign it to his power and care, Mt. xv. 30; Acts iv. 35, 37; v. 2; vii. 58. In saluting, paying homage, supplicating, etc., persons are said πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τινὸς πίπτειν or προσπίπτειν : Mk. v. 22: vii. 25; Lk. vili. 41; xvii.16 παρά]; Rev. i. 17; εἰς τοὺς π. τινός, Mt. xviii. 29 [ Rec. ]; Jn. xi. 32 {here Ἵν Tr WH πρός]; πίπτειν ἔμπροσθεν τ. ποδῶν τινος, Rev. xix. 10; προσκυνεῖν ἔμπροσθεν (or ἐνώπιον) τῶν ποδῶν τινος, Rey. iii. 9; xxii. 8; πίπτ. ἐπὶ τοὺς π. Acts x. 25. By ἃ poetic usage that member of the body which is the chief organ or instrument in any given action is put for the man himself (see γλῶσσα, 1) ; thus οἱ πόδες τινός is used for the man in motion: Lk. i. 79 (Ps. exviii. (exix.) 101) ; Acts v. 9; Ro. ii. 15; x. 15; Heb. xi. 18.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πούς pous 93x
the foot, Mt. 4:6; 5:35; 7:6; 22:44; 28:9; Lk. 1:79; Acts 5:9; Rom. 3:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πούς, ποδός, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for רֶגֶל;]
a foot, both of men and beasts: Mt 4:6(LXX), Mk 9:45, Lk 1:79, Jo 11:44, Ac 7:5, al.; ὑπο τοὺς π., Ro 16:20, I Co 15:25, 27, Eph 1:22, He 2:8; ὑποκάτω τῶν π., Mt 22:44(LXX); πρὸς (παρὰ) τοὺς π., Mk 5:22, Lk 8:41, al.; fig., Mt 15:30, Lk 10:39, Ac 5:2, al.; ἔμπροσθεν τῶν π., Re 3:9 19:10, al.; ἐπὶ τοὺς π., Ac 10:25. By meton., of a person in motion (Ps 118 (119):101): Lk 1:79, Ac 5:9, Ro 3:15 10:15, He 12:13.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πούς (pous) — foot. πούς, ὁ, ποδός, ποδί, πόδα (not ποῦν, Thom.Mag.p.257 R.): dative plural ποσί, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ποσσί (also [Refs 5th c.BC+] once πόδεσι [Refs 5th c.BC+] Epic dialect ποδοῖιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Doric dialect nominative πός (compare ἀρτίπος, πούλυπος, etc.) [Refs], but πούς [Refs]; πῶς· πός, ὑπὸ Δωριέων, [Refs 5th c.AD+] (perhaps πός· πούς, ὑ.Δ.); Laconian dialect πόρ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—foot, both of men and beasts, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in plural, also, a bird's talons, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; arms or feelers of a polypus, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: properly the foot from the ankle down wards, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξύλινος π., of an artificial foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but also of the leg with the foot, as χείρ for the arm and hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. foot as that with which one runs, πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently with reference to swiftness, περιγιγνόμεθ᾽ ἄλλων πύξ τε.. ἠδὲ πόδεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποσὶν ἐρίζειν to race on foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποδῶν τιμά, αἴγλα, ἀρετά, ὁρμά, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (ποσσί, πόδεσσι) is added to many Verbs denoting motion, π. βήσετο, παρέδραμον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also emphatically with Verbs denoting to trample or tread upon, πόσσι καταστείβοισι [Refs 7th c.BC+]; πόδα βαίνειν, see at {βαίνω} [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πόδα τιθέναι to journey, [Refs 5th c.BC+] started on its homeward way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χειρῶν ἔκβαλλον ὀρείους πόδας ναός, i. e. oars, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φωνὴ τῶν π. τοῦ ὑετοῦ sound of the pattering of rain, [LXX]
3. as a point of measurement, ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from head to foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
4. πρόσθε ποδός or ποδῶν, προπάροιθε ποδῶν, just before one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
4. b παρά or πὰρ ποδός off-hand, at once, ἀνελέσθαι πὰρ ποδός [Refs 6th c.BC+]close at hand, [Refs]; but παραὶ ποσὶ κάππεσε θυμός sank to their feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+]in a moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; close behind, Νέμεσις δέ γε πὰρ πόδας (to be read πόδα) βαίνει Prov. cited in [Refs]; also παρὰ πόδας immediately afterwards [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ καὶ παρὰ πόδας at his very feet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. c ἐν ποσί in one's way, close at hand, τὸν ἐν π. γινόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]everyday matters, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. d τὸ πρὸς ποσί, ={τὸ ἐν ποσί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. e all these phrases are opposed to ἐκ ποδῶν out of the way, far off, written ἐκποδών [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. to denote close pursuit, ἐκ ποδὸς ἕπεσθαι follow in the track, i.e. close behind, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
5. b in earlier writers κατὰ πόδας on the heels of a person, [LXX+5th c.BC+]on the moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κατὰ πόδας ἡμέρα the very next day, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] catch it running, [Refs 5th c.BC+] march, come close at his heels, on his track, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ κατὰ π. ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἐκκλησίας on the day immediately after it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
6. various phrases:
6. a ἀνὰ πόδα backwards, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
6. b ἐπὶ πόδα backwards facing the enemy, ἐπὶ π. ἀναχωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, ἀναχάζεσθαι, to retire without turning to fly, leisurely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but γίνεται ἡ ἔξοδος οἷον ἐπὶ πόδας the offspring is as it were born feetforemost, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
6. c περὶ πόδα, properly of a shoe, round the foot, i.e. fitting exactly, ὡς ἔστι μοι τὸ χρῆμα τοῦτο περὶ πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. d ὡς ποδῶνἔχει as he is off for feet, i. e. as quick as he can, ὡς ποδῶν εἶχον [τάχιστα] ἐβοήθεον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. e ἔξω τινὸς πόδα ἔχειν keep one's foot out of a thing, i. e. be clear of it, ἔξω κομίζων πηλοῦ πόδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. f ἀμφοῖν ποδοῖν, etc., to denote energetic action, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τερπωλῆς ἐπέβημεν ὅλῳ ποδί with all the foot, i.e. entirely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. g τὴν ὑπὸ πόδα [κατάστασιν] just below them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὑπὸ πόδας τίθεσθαι trample under foot, scorn, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; οἱ ὑπὸ πόδα those next below them (in rank), [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὑπὸ πόδα χωρεῖν recede, decline, of strength, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] middle cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+]
6. h for ὀρθῷ ποδί, see at {ὀρθός} [Refs]
6. k ἁλιεῖς ἀπὸ ποδός probably fishermen who fish from the land, not from boats, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ποτίσαι ἀπὸ ποδός perhaps irrigate by the feet (of oxen turning the irrigation-wheel), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τόπον.. ἀπὸ ποδὸς ἐξηρτισμένον uncertain meaning in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
1. ἀγγεῖον.. τρήματα ἐκ τῶν ὑπὸ ποδὸς ἔχον round the bottom, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
7. πούς τινος, as periphrastic for a person as coming, etc., σὺν πατρὸς μολὼν ποδί, i.e. σὺν πατρί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐξ ἑνὸς ποδός, i.e. μόνος ὤν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ δ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἡσύχου π., i.e. οἱ ἡσύχως ζῶντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, of things, foot, lowest part, especially foot of a hill, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a table, couch, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare πέζ; of the side strokes at the foot of the letter Ω, Callias cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ={ποδεών}[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. in a ship, πόδες are the two lower corners of the sail, or the ropes fastened therelo, by which the sails are tightened or slackened, sheets [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλᾶν πόδα ease off the sheet, as is done when a squall is coming, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ ποδὸς παρίει let go hold of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκπετάσουσι πόδα ναός (with reference to the sail), [Refs 5th c.BC+] haul it tight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναῦς ἐνταθεῖσα ποδί a ship with her sheet close hauled, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. b perhaps of the rudder or steering-paddle, αἰεὶ γὰρ πόδα νηὸς ἐνώμων [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III. a foot, as a measure of length, = [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. foot in Prosody, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of a metrical phrase or passage, ἔκμετρα καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸν π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a long passage declaimed in one breath, κήρυκες ὅταν τὸν καλούμενον πόδα μέλλωσιν ἐρεῖν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V. boundary stone, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Cf. Latin pes, Gothic fotus, etc. 'foot'; related to πέδον as noted by [Refs 4th c.BC+]