Footstool

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FOOTSTOOL.—See House, § 8.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


foot?stool (כּבשׂ, kebhes; ὑποπόδιον, hupopódion, ?trodden on?): The 15 Scripture references to this term may be classified as literal or figurative. Of the former are the two passages: 2Ch_9:18 and Jam_2:3. In these the footstool was a sort of step or support for the feet placed before the throne or any pretentious seat.
Of figurative uses, there are the following groups: (1) Of the earth: Isa_66:1; Mat_5:35; Act_7:49. (2) Of the ark: 1Ch_28:2. (3) Of the Temple: Psa_99:5; Psa_132:7; Lam_2:1; compare Isa_60:13. (4) Of heathen enemies subdued by the Messianic King: Psa_110:1; Mat_22:44 the King James Version; Mar_12:36; Luk_20:43; Act_2:35; Heb_1:13; Heb_10:13. Thus the uses of this term are mainly metaphorical and symbolic of subjection, either to God as universal Lord or to God's Son as King by redemptive right. Compare 1Co_15:25-27, in which all things, including death, are represented as subject to Christ and placed beneath His feet.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


1Ch_28:2 (a) David compares the temple of GOD to a resting place for the Lord.

Psa_99:5 (b) This figure represents the attitude of one who comes into the presence of GOD to pray, to worship and to, commune. It is a picture of one kneeling at the foot of the king on the throne seeking some favor from him. (See Psa_132:7).

Psa_110:1 (a) By this type the Lord is informing us that He will subdue all His enemies and will put His feet on their necks in derision, in the day of judgment. (See Mat_22:44; Mar_12:36; Luk_20:43; Act_2:35; Heb_1:13; Heb_10:13).

Isa_66:1 (a) This earth which seems so great to us is only as a small cushion in the sight of GOD on which His feet. (See also Mat_5:35; Act_7:49).

Lam_2:1 (a) The land of Israel is thus compared. GOD cursed the land.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.


Footstool
(spec. כֶּבֶשׁ, ke'besh, something trodden upon; Sept. ὑποπόδιον v.r. ἐνδεδυμένοι, Vulg. scabellum, 2Ch_9:18). Where sitting is referred to in Scripture, it is frequently spoken of as a posture of more than ordinary state, and means sitting on a throne, for which a footstool was necessary, both in order that the person might ascend to it, and for supporting the legs when he was placed in it (2Ch_9:18). The divine glory which resided symbolically in the holy place, between the cherubim above the ark of the covenant, is supposed to use the ark as a foot-stool (1Ch_28:2; Psa_99:5; Psa_132:7). So the earth is called God's foot-stool by the same expressive figure which represents heaven as his throne (Psa_110:1; Isa_66:1; Mat_5:35). We find, on the paintings in the tombs of Egypt, as well as on the Assyrian monuments, frequent representations of their Akings sitting on a throne or chair of state, with a foot-stool. SEE THRONE. The common manner of sitting in the East is upon a mat or carpet spread upon the ground or floor, with the legs crossed. Many of the Turks, however, through European intercourse, attempt to sit upon chairs. SEE DIVAN.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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