What does ὑποπόδιον (hypopódion) mean in the Bible?
ὑποπόδιον (hypopódion): Literal seat for feet; metaphorically signifies complete subjugation or humiliation of enemies under divine authority.
Greek · G5286
ὑποπόδιον
Footstool
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ὑποπόδιον G5286
Pronunciation hypopódion
What does ὑποπόδιον (hypopódion) mean in the Bible?
ὑποπόδιον (hypopódion): Literal seat for feet; metaphorically signifies complete subjugation or humiliation of enemies under divine authority.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5286?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a footstool (4), feet (1), footstool (1), His footstool (1).
Where does ὑποπόδιον (hypopódion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:35. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Hebrews (2), James (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a footstool 4× Luke 20:43, Acts 2:35, Hebrews 1:13, Hebrews 10:13
feet 1× James 2:3
footstool 1× Acts 7:49
His footstool 1× Matthew 5:35
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:35 ὑποπόδιόν to His footstool Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Luke 20:43 Ὑποπόδιον to a footstool Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 2:35 ὑποπόδιον to a footstool Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 7:49 ὑποπόδιον to footstool Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Hebrews 1:13 ὑποπόδιον to a footstool Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Hebrews 10:13 ὑποπόδιον to a footstool Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular James 2:3 ὑποπόδιόν to feet Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:35
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Acts 2 Hebrews 2 James 1
Source forms
ὑποπόδιον 4x hypopodion Acts 2:35, Acts 7:49, Hebrews 1:13, Hebrews 10:13
ὑποπόδιόν 2x hypopodion Matthew 5:35, James 2:3
Ὑποπόδιον 1x Hypopodion Luke 20:43
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 4x Luke 20:43, Acts 2:35, Hebrews 1:13, James 2:3
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 5:35, Acts 7:49, Hebrews 10:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Literal seat for feet; metaphorically signifies complete subjugation or humiliation of enemies under divine authority.
Strong's G5286
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 2 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
footstool
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:35 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ὑποπόδιόν upopodion
a footstool
Read verse Matthew 22:44 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὑποπόδιον upopodion
a footstool
Read verse Mark 12:36 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὑποπόδιον upopodion
a footstool
Read verse Luke 20:43 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὑποπόδιον upopodion
a footstool
Read verse Acts 2:35 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὑποπόδιον upopodion
a footstool
Read verse Acts 7:49 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
ὑποπόδιον upopodion
a footstool
Read verse Hebrews 1:13 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὑποπόδιον upopodion
a footstool
Read verse Hebrews 10:13 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὑποπόδιον upopodion
a footstool
Read verse James 2:3 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὑποπόδιόν upopodion
a footstool
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:35 · Acts 7:49 · Heb 10:13 3×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 20:43 · Acts 2:35 · Heb 1:13 · Jas 2:3 4×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 20:41–44 ὑποπόδιον hypopódion
Footstool
Showing 1 selected witness from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain