πούς

πούς — poús

πούς (not πούς, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 765; Göttling, Accentl., p. 244; (Chandler, Greek Accentuation, § 566); Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 d.; Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 48), ποδός, ὁ (allied with πέδον, πέζα, Latinpes, etc.; Curtius, § 291; Vanicek, p. 473), dative plural ποσίν, from Homer down, Hebrew רֶגֶל; a foot, both of men and of beasts: Mat 4:6; Mat 7:6; Mat 22:13; Mar 9:45; Luk 1:79; Joh 11:44; Act 7:5; 1Co 12:15; Rev 10:2, and often. From the oriental practice of placing the foot upon the vanquished (Jos 10:24), come the follow expressions: ὑπό τούς πόδας συντρίβειν ((which see) τινα, Rom 16:20; ὑποτάσσειν τινα, 1Co 15:27; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:8; τιθέναι, 1Co 15:25; τιθέναι τινα ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν, Mat 22:44 L T Tr WH; ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν, Mat 22:44 R G; Mar 12:36 (here WH ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν); Luk 20:43; Act 2:35; Heb 1:13; Heb 10:13; disciples listening to their teacher's instruction are said παρά (or πρός) τούς πόδας τίνος καθῆσθαι or παρακαθισαι, Luk 10:39; Act 22:3, cf. Luk 8:35; to lay a thing παρά (or πρός) τούς πόδας τίνος is used of those who consign it to his power and care, Mat 15:30; Act 4:35; Act 4:37; Act 5:2; Act 7:58. In saluting, paying homage, supplicating, etc., persons are said πρός τούς πόδας τίνος πίπτειν or προσπίπτειν: Mar 5:22; Mar 7:25; Luk 8:41; Luk 17:16 παρά); Rev 1:17; εἰς τούς πόδας τίνος, Mat 18:29 (Rec.); Joh 11:32 (here T Tr WH πρός); πίπτειν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, Rev 19:10; προσκυνεῖν ἔμπροσθεν (or ἐνώπιον) τῶν ποδῶν τίνος, Rev 3:9; Rev 22:8; πεσών ἐπί τούς πόδας, Act 10:25. By a poetic usage that member of the body which is the chief organ or instrument in any given action is put for the man himself (see γλῶσσα, 1); thus οἱ πόδες τίνος is used for the man in motion: Luk 1:79 (Psalm 118:101; Act 5:9; Rom 3:15; Rom 10:15; Heb 12:13.