Thing

Sandal, shoe

Human-made Things in the Bible

The sandal was a type of footwear consisting of a sole made of leather (or possibly wood) tied to the foot by means of leather thongs or straps, and used as a shoe for walking.

Pictures

Leather sandals from the northern palace at Masada, 73 CE
Leather sandals from the northern palace at Masada, 73 CEGary Todd, Israel Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

In the Bible

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

נַעַל, נעל na‘al · 24 verses
σανδάλιον sandalion · 4 verses
ὑπόδημα, ὑποδέομαι hupodēma, hupodeomai (verb) · 14 verses

Also in Clothing

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