Thing

Footstool

Human-made Things in the Bible

The footstool was a piece of furniture on which a person could rest his feet. It took the form of a low stool on which the feet were placed to keep them off the ground. Egyptian footstools, such as the one shown below actually depicted enemies the Egyptian king had defeated.

Pictures

King seated with his feet on a footstool (Lachish relief)
King seated with his feet on a footstool (Lachish relief)© Zunkir, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

הֲדֹם, רֶגֶל hadom regel · 6 verses
כֶּבֶשׁ kevesh · 1 verse
ὑποπόδιον hupopodion · 7 verses

Also in Household

Sources

Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema