ὑποπόδιον (hupopόdion) — footstool / under the complete control of

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: ὑποπόδιον; -ου

Related lemmas: πούς

Sense 1: footstool

Semantic entry: 6.117

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Furniture

Definition: a piece of furniture on which one may rest one’s feet

Notes: Since footstools are a common cultural feature in many parts of the world, it is rarely necessary to use a descriptive phrase. One can, however, use an expression such as ‘a thing on which to rest one’s feet.’ In some languages the functional equivalent of a footstool is a ‘footstick,’ that is to say, a stick on which one normally places the feet in order to raise them from the relatively damp dirt floor of a typical house or hut.

Further resources: realia:5.8

Show passage in OET: MAT 5:35

OET-RV MAT 5:35

35 nor by the earth because it’s God’s footrest, nor by Yerushalem (Jerusalem) because it’s the supreme king’s city.

OET-LV MAT 5:35

35 nor by the earth, because it _is the_footstool of _the feet of _him, nor in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), because it _is the_city of _the great king,

Show passage in OET: LUK 20:43

OET-RV LUK 20:43

43 until I cause your enemies to be defeated.’

OET-LV LUK 20:43

43 until wishfully I _may _put the enemies of _you as_a_footstool of _the feet of _you.

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All 7 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 5:35

LUK: OET LUK 20:43

ACT: OET ACT 2:35 · OET ACT 7:49

HEB: OET HEB 1:13 · OET HEB 10:13

JAM: OET JAM 2:3

Sense 2: under the complete control of

Semantic entry: 37.8

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Control, Restrain

Definition: (an idiom, literally: footstool of the feet) to be under the complete control of someone

Notes: 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 OET CO1 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.’

Collocations: ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν

Show passage in OET: LUK 20:43

OET-RV LUK 20:43

43 until I cause your enemies to be defeated.’

OET-LV LUK 20:43