Word Study · Strong's G4228 · Greek
πούς
pous
pooce
Strong's 1890 spelling: poús
“a "foot" (figuratively or literally)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a "foot" (figuratively or literally)
Rendered in the KJV as
foot(-stool).
- 93occurrencesin the New Testament
- 11 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 93 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- πόδας50
- ποδῶν19
- πόδες7
- πόδα3
- ποσὶν3
- πόδας.2
- πούς2
- πόδας,1
- πόδας;1
- πόδας·1
- ποδὸς1
- ποσίν,1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- feet79
- foot5
- feet;2
- feet.2
- [his] feet,1
- feet,1
- feet?1
- foot;1
- of a foot1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural55
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural19
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural7
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural5
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-APM · 55
- N-GPM · 19
- N-NPM · 7
- N-DPM · 5
- N-ASM · 3
- N-NSM · 3
- N-GSM · 1
All 93, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew10 occurrences
- Matthew 4:6πόδαpodanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singular“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”here: foot
- Matthew 5:35ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralor by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.here: feet
- Matthew 7:6ποσὶνposinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralDo not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.here: feet
- Matthew 10:14ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralAnd if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.here: feet
- Matthew 15:30πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralLarge crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.here: feet
- Matthew 18:8πούςpousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularIf your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.here: foot
- Matthew 18:8πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralIf your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.here: feet
- Matthew 22:13πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThen the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’here: feet
- Matthew 22:44ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’here: feet
- Matthew 28:9πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralSuddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.here: feet
Mark6 occurrences
- Mark 5:22πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralA synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feethere: feet
- Mark 6:11ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralIf anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”here: feet
- Mark 7:25πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralInstead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.here: feet
- Mark 9:45πούςpousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularIf your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.here: foot
- Mark 9:45πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralIf your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.here: feet
- Mark 12:36ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralSpeaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’here: feet
Luke19 occurrences
- Luke 1:79πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralto shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”here: feet
- Luke 4:11πόδαpodanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularand they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”here: foot
- Luke 7:38πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAs she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.here: feet
- Luke 7:38πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAs she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.here: feet
- Luke 7:38πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAs she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.here: feet
- Luke 7:44πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAnd turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.here: feet
- Luke 7:44πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAnd turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.here: feet
- Luke 7:45πόδας.podasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralYou did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.here: feet.
- Luke 7:46πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralYou did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.here: feet
- Luke 8:35πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralSo the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.here: feet
- Luke 8:41πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralJust then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,here: feet
- Luke 9:5ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralIf anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”here: feet
- Luke 10:11πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine plural‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’here: feet
- Luke 10:39πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralShe had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.here: feet
- Luke 15:22πόδας,podasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralBut the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.here: [his] feet,
- Luke 17:16πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralHe fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.here: feet
- Luke 20:43ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraluntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’here: feet
- Luke 24:39πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralLook at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”here: feet
- Luke 24:40πόδας.podasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAnd when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.here: feet.
John14 occurrences
- John 11:2πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine plural(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)here: feet
- John 11:32πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralWhen Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”here: feet
- John 11:44πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThe man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.here: feet
- John 12:3πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThen Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.here: feet
- John 12:3πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThen Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.here: feet
- John 13:5πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAfter that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.here: feet
- John 13:6πόδας;podasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralHe came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”here: feet?
- John 13:8πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine plural“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”here: feet
- John 13:9πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine plural“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”here: feet
- John 13:10πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralJesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”here: feet
- John 13:12πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralWhen Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?here: feet
- John 13:14πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralSo if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.here: feet
- John 13:14πόδας·podasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralSo if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.here: feet;
- John 20:12ποσίν,posinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraland she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.here: feet,
Acts19 occurrences
- Acts 2:35ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraluntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’here: feet
- Acts 4:35πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraland lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.here: feet
- Acts 4:37πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralsold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.here: feet
- Acts 5:2πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralWith his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.here: feet
- Acts 5:9πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”here: feet
- Acts 5:10πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAt that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.here: feet
- Acts 7:5ποδὸςpodosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularHe gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.here: of a foot
- Acts 7:33ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralThen the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.here: feet
- Acts 7:49ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?here: feet
- Acts 7:58πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThey dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.here: feet
- Acts 10:25πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAs Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.here: feet
- Acts 13:25ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralAs John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’here: feet
- Acts 13:51ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralSo they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.here: feet
- Acts 14:8ποσὶνposinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralIn Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.here: feet
- Acts 14:10πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralIn a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.here: feet
- Acts 16:24πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralOn receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.here: feet
- Acts 21:11πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralComing over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”here: feet
- Acts 22:3πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine plural“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.here: feet
- Acts 26:16πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine plural‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.here: feet
Romans3 occurrences
- Romans 3:15πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural“Their feet are swift to shed blood;here: feet
- Romans 10:15πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralAnd how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”here: feet
- Romans 16:20πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThe God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.here: feet
1 Corinthians4 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 12:15πούς·pousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularIf the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.here: foot;
- 1 Corinthians 12:21ποσίν·posinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralThe eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”here: feet;
- 1 Corinthians 15:25πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralFor He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.here: feet
- 1 Corinthians 15:27πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralFor “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.here: feet
Ephesians2 occurrences
- Ephesians 1:22πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAnd God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,here: feet
- Ephesians 6:15πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraland with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.here: feet
Hebrews4 occurrences
- Hebrews 1:13ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralYet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?here: feet
- Hebrews 2:8ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraland placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.here: feet
- Hebrews 10:13ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralSince that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,here: feet
- Hebrews 12:13ποσὶνposinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralMake straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.here: feet
Revelation11 occurrences
- Revelation 1:15πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralHis feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.here: feet
- Revelation 1:17πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralWhen I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,here: feet
- Revelation 2:18πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralTo the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.here: feet
- Revelation 3:9ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralLook at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.here: feet
- Revelation 10:1πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThen I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.here: feet
- Revelation 10:2πόδαpodanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularHe held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.here: foot
- Revelation 11:11πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralBut after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.here: feet
- Revelation 12:1ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralAnd a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.here: feet
- Revelation 13:2πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThe beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.here: feet
- Revelation 19:10ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralSo I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”here: feet
- Revelation 22:8ποδῶνpodōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralAnd I am John, who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.here: feet