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Shoe

To put off the shoes from one’s feet, was an act of reverence to the Divine majesty of God, Exod. iii, 5. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H4515, H5274, G5266, H5275
Hebrew
מִנְעָל · minʻâl
Greek
ὑπόδημα · hypódēma

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

נָעַל

H5274
Transliteration
nâʻal
Pronunciation
naw-al'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
8

Glosses

bolt, inclose, lock, shoe, shut up.

Lexicon definition

properly, to fasten up, i.e. with abar or cord

hence, to sandal, i.e. furnish with slippers

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ὑπόδημα

G5266
Transliteration
hypódēma
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
10

Glosses

shoe

Lexicon definition

something bound under the feet, i.e. a shoe or sandal

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

נַ֫עַל

H5275
Transliteration
naʻal
Pronunciation
nah'-al
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
22

Glosses

sandal, shoe, dryshod, (pair of) shoe((-latchet), -s).

Lexicon definition

properly, a sandal tongue

by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Shoe

Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q.v.) to the complete covering of the foot. The word so rendered (A.V.) in Deut. 33:25, min'al, "a bar," is derived from a root meaning "to bolt" or "shut fast," and hence a fastness or fortress. The verse has accordingly been rendered "iron and brass shall be thy fortress," or, as in the Revised Version, "thy bars [marg., "shoes"] shall be iron and brass."

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

SHOES

To put off the shoes from one’s feet, was an act of reverence to the Divine majesty of God, Exod. iii, 5. It was likewise a sign of mourning and humiliation. David went up the ascent of Mount Olivet barefoot, 2 Sam. xv, 30; Isa. xx, 2, 4; Ezek. xxiv, 17. See SANDAL.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

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Adore

To worship; to express reverence and homage. The forms of adoration among the Jews were putting off the shoes (Ex. 3:5; Josh. 5:15), and prostration (Gen. 17:3; Ps. 95:6; Isa. 44:15, 17, 19; 46:6). To "kiss the Son" in Ps. 2:12 is to adore and worship him. (See Dan. 3:5, 6.) The word itself does not occur in Scripture.

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Badger

This word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6, etc. The tabernacle was covered with badgers' skins; the shoes of women were also made of them (Ezek. 16:10). Our translators seem to have been misled by the similarity in sound of the Hebrew tachash_ and the Latin _taxus, "a badger." The revisers have correctly substituted "seal skins." The Arabs of the Sinaitic peninsula apply the name tucash to the seals and dugongs which are common in the Red Sea, and the skins of which are largely used as leather and for sandals. Though the badger is common in Palestine, and might occur in the wilderness, its small hide would have been useless as a tent covering. The dugong, very plentiful in the shallow waters on the shores of the Red Sea, is a marine animal from 12 to 30 feet long, something between a whale and a seal, never leaving the water, but very easily caught. It grazes on seaweed, and is known by naturalists as Halicore tabernaculi.

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Shoe

Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q.v.) to the complete covering of the foot. The word so rendered (A.V.) in Deut. 33:25, min'al, "a bar," is derived from a root meaning "to bolt" or "shut fast," and hence a fastness or fortress. The verse has accordingly been rendered "iron and brass shall be thy fortress," or, as in the Revised Version, "thy bars [marg., "shoes"] shall be iron and brass."

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