Greek noun (masculine) · G4228
πούς
pouspooce
foot
93 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: poús
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4228is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4228
a "foot" (figuratively or literally)
The King James renders it: foot(-stool).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pous is rendered "foot". It stands 93 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.
- Nineteen of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:6“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.’”
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
“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.’”
Matthew 4:6πόδα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eleven of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- feet86
- foot6
- of a foot1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 93, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πόδας55
- ποδῶν19
- πόδες7
- πόδα3
- ποσὶν3
- πούς3
- ποσίν2
- ποδὸς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural55N-APM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural19N-GPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural7N-NPM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural5N-DPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3N-ASM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3N-NSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
Matthew
ten uses
“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.’”
- πόδαpodanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: foot
or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Do 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.
- ποσὶνposinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Large 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
If 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.
- πούςpousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: foot
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Then 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.’
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Mark
six uses
A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
If 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.”
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
If 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.
- πούςpousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: foot
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Speaking 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.”’
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Luke
nineteen uses
to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- πόδαpodanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: foot
As 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
And 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
So 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
‘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.’
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
But 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Look 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.”
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
John
fourteen uses
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
When 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.”
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
The 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Then 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Jesus 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.”
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
When 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?
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.
- ποσίνposinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Acts
nineteen uses
until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
With 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
“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.”
- πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
At 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
He 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.
- ποδὸςpodosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of a foot
Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
‘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?
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
They 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
As 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.’
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
- ποσὶνposinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Coming 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.’”
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
“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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
‘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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Romans
three uses
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
- πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
- πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
1 Corinthians
four uses
If 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.
- πούςpousnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: foot
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”
- ποσίνposinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
For “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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Ephesians
two uses
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
1 Timothy
one use
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Hebrews
four uses
Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
and 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.
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
- ποσὶνposinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Revelation
eleven uses
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
- πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
When 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,
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
To 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.
- πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Look 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.
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Then 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.
- πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
He 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.
- πόδαpodanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: foot
But 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.
- πόδαςpodasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
And 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.
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
The 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.
- πόδεςpodesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
So 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.”
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
And 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.
- ποδῶνpodonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: feet
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
