What does "Footstool" mean in the Bible?
Kings and other rulers sitting in state required a stool upon which to rest their feet. Footstool appears in 6 verses across 4 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Footstool?
FOOT'STOOL. 2 Chr 9:18. Kings and other rulers sitting in state required a stool upon which to rest their feet. The divine glory, which resided symbolically in the holy place between the cherubim above the ark, is supposed to use the ark as a footstool. 1 Chr 28:2; Ps 99:5. So the earth is called God's footstool by the same expressive figure which represents heaven as his throne.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Greek word for Footstool?
Greek · G5286
ὑποπόδιον
hupopodion
footstool
TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.
Where does Footstool appear in the Bible?
Footstool is referenced in 6 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Acts 2:35
- Acts 7:49
- Hebrews 1:13
- Hebrews 10:13
- Luke 20:43
- Matthew 5:35
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Footstool.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Footstool?
Footstool appears in 6 verses across 4 books, most often in Acts, which accounts for 2 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Footstool?
Acts, Hebrews, Luke, Matthew.
Where can I read every verse about Footstool?
This page lists 6 of them. Protos carries all 6, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
