pous · foot

What it means

pous (πούς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “foot”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The part of the body one stands and walks on.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Foot, of a person or an animal; in set phrases, the posture of one who humbles himself or listens (“at the feet of”) and of one who rules (“under your feet”). Thayer: foot; figuratively, to be at someone's feet is to be subject to him or to be his disciple.

• Bowing down at the feet of Jesus Matthew 28:9Luke 7:38
• Sitting at someone's feet to listen Luke 10:39
• Washing the feet John 13:5
• Shaking the dust off the feet Matthew 10:14
• “Under your feet”; “the feet of those who announce” Matthew 22:44Romans 10:15

Historical and cultural background

In the Pharisee's house Jesus reproaches him: “you gave me no water for {my} feet” (Luke 7:44), and John 13 tells that he himself washed the feet of his disciples.

How we translate it

“Feet” 85 times, “foot” 7. Once “a foothold” (Acts 7:5), where the Greek speaks of the space a foot covers.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• feet ×85
• foot ×7
• foothold ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×10
• Mark×6
• Luke×19
• John×14
• Acts×19
• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×4
• Ephesians×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×4
• Revelation×11

• Matthew 4:6

  and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’”

• 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.

• Matthew 7:6

  “Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before the pigs, so that they will not trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

• Matthew 10:14

  And whoever does not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out of that house or town, shake off the dust from your feet.

• Matthew 15:30

  And many crowds came to him, having with them the mute, blind, lame, maimed, and many others, and they set them at his feet; and he healed them,

• Matthew 18:8

  And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than having two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

• Matthew 22:13

  Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind his feet and hands and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

• Matthew 22:44

  ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

• Matthew 28:9

  And look, Jesus met them, saying, “Greetings.” And they came up and took hold of his feet and bowed down before him.

• Mark 5:22

  And one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, comes, and seeing him, falls at his feet

• Mark 6:11

  And whatever place does not receive you nor listen to you, as you leave from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet as a testimony to them.”

• Mark 7:25

  But at once a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard about him, came and fell at his feet.

• Mark 9:45

  And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame than having the two feet to be thrown into Gehenna.

• Mark 12:36

  David himself said by the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

• Luke 1:79

  to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

• Luke 4:11

  and: On their hands they will carry you, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.”

• Luke 7:38

  and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she was wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.

• Luke 7:44

  And turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

• Luke 7:45

  You gave me no kiss; but she, since I came in, has not stopped kissing my feet.

• Luke 7:46

  You did not anoint my head with oil; but she has anointed my feet with perfume.

• Luke 8:35

  And they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

• Luke 8:41

  And look, there came a man whose name was Jairus, and he was a leader of the synagogue; and falling at Jesus’ feet, he begged him to come into his house,

• Luke 9:5

  And as for those who do not receive you, when you go out from that city shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

• Luke 10:11

  ‘Even the dust from your city that clung to our feet we wipe off against you; yet know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’

• Luke 10:39

  And she had a sister called Mary, who also, sitting at the feet of Jesus, was listening to his word.

• Luke 15:22

  But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet;

• Luke 17:16

  and he fell on his face at his feet, giving thanks to him; and he was a Samaritan.

• Luke 20:43

  until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’

• Luke 24:39

  See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; touch me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

• Luke 24:40

  And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.

• John 11:2

  It was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

• John 11:32

  So when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

• John 11:44

  The dead man came out, bound hand and foot with strips of cloth, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus says to them, “Untie him and let him go.”

• John 12:3

  Then Mary took a litra of perfume, pure nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

• John 13:5

  Then he pours water into the basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.

• John 13:6

  So he comes to Simon Peter; he says to him, “Lord, are you washing my feet?”

• John 13:8

  Peter says to him, “You shall never wash my feet, ever!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”

• John 13:9

  Simon Peter says to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”

• John 13:10

  Jesus says to him, “Whoever has bathed has no need except to wash the feet, but is entirely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.”

• John 13:12

  So when he had washed their feet and taken his outer garments and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you?

And 53 more times.