Footstool
הֲדֹםStrong’s H1916hadom (ha-dom)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hadom is the Hebrew word usually translated “footstool of” and “footstool”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:”
Meaning
- Stool, footstool
How it's translated
- to footstool of 2
- footstool of 2
- and to footstool of 1
- a footstool 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
- Lamentations 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 99:5Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
- Psalms 110:1The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Psalms 132:7We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
- Isaiah 66:1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
- Lamentations 2:1How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
Hebrew dictionary
הֲדֹם hadom · footstool
stool, footstool
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “footstool” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOOT'STOOL, noun
A stool for the feet; that which supports the feet of one when sitting.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.