Quick Definition
foot
Strong's Definition
regel reh'-gel From H7270; a foot (as used in walking ); by implication a step ; by euphemism the pudenda: - X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ([broken-]) foot ([-ed, -stool]), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time. LXX related word(s) G2540 kairos G4228 pou, podos G4628 skelos
Derivation: from H7270 (רָגַל);
KJV Usage: [idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.
TWOT Reference: 2113a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) — foot. 1) foot 1a) foot, leg 1b) of God (anthropomorphic) 1c) of seraphim, cherubim, idols, animals, table 1d) according to the pace of (with prep) 1e) three times (feet, paces) Aramaic equivalent: re.gal (רְגַל "foot" H7271)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · רגל
foot, leg = the lower part of the lower limb of the body of humans, animals, and --by extension-- of deities, which in some contexts may include the full leg; ► used for standing and walking; ≈ associated with authority, and also used as a euphemism for the male genitals
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genitals literally: feet; hence: = a euphemism for a man's genitals
Able
pace literally: foot; hence: = the ability of humans and animals to walk fast and/or far, depending on size and age
Act
foot > life literally: foot; hence: = pattern of behavior, with a primary focus on moral and ethical behavior, ◄ understood as a journey through life
Body Products
urine literally: water of the feet; hence: = a pale yelowish fluid stored in the bladder and passed through the urethra
foot, [untranslated] literally: foot, here used metonymically to denote the entire person or animal owning it; hence: = a human being or animal with focus on the activities for which they use their feet
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Engage | verb hif
Collocation: רום רֶגֶל
to lift one's foot > to do anything at all literally: (to raise one's) foot; hence: = to do anything, even if it were as insignificant as raising one's foot
Excrete | verb hif
Collocation: סכך רַגְלַיִם
to cover the feet a euphemism; literally: to cover (one's) feet; hence: = action by which humans pass excrement, ◄ which implies a squatting position by which the robe covers the feet
Circumstantial Referents
occasion, time = one instance in a set of repeated events
Move | verb qal
Collocation: נשׂא רַגְלַיִם
to go on a journey, to continue one's journey literally: to lift up one's feet; hence: = action by which humans begin or continue a journey
Move
step literally: foot; hence: = action by which humans put one foot before the other ► in order to move forward
Spatial Referents
Collocation: בְּרַגְלַיִם · לְרַגְלַיִם
following behind literally: at the feet; hence: = a referent pointing to the space behind a moving party
GEN 30:30 · EXO 11:8 · DEU 11:6 · DEU 33:3 · JDG 4:10 · JDG 5:15 · JDG 8:5 · 2SA 15:16 · 2SA 15:17 · 2SA 15:18 · 1KI 20:10 · 2KI 3:9 · JOB 18:11 · HAB 3:5
Furnishings
leg (of table) literally: foot (of table); hence: = one of the four legs of a table
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רֶ֫גֶל 247 n.f. foot foot
three times (feet, paces)
base