Topic
Shoe
16 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 14:23Nave Thong of
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
- Exodus 3:5Nave Removed while on holy ground
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
- Deuteronomy 25:9Nave Loosened as a sign of refusal to observe the levirate marriage
Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.
- Deuteronomy 29:5Nave Of the people of Israel did not get old
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
- Deuteronomy 33:25Easton
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
- Joshua 5:15Nave Removed while on holy ground
And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
- Ruth 4:7Nave Loosened as a sign of refusal to observe the levirate marriage
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
- Ruth 4:8Nave Loosened as a sign of refusal to observe the levirate marriage
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
- Isaiah 5:27Nave Thong of
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
- Ezekiel 16:10Nave Made of badgers' (dugong, porpoise?) skins
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
- Ezekiel 24:17Nave Taken off at a time of mourning
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
- Amos 2:6Nave Poor people sold for a pair of
¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q.v.) to the complete covering of the foot. The word so rendered (A.V.) in Deut. 33:25, min’al, “a bar,” is derived from a root meaning “to bolt” or “shut fast,” and hence a fastness or fortress. The verse has accordingly been rendered “iron and brass shall be thy fortress,” or, as in the Revised Version, “thy bars [marg., “shoes”] shall be iron and brass.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 15 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Removed while on holy ground Ex 3:5; Jos 5:15; Ac 7:33
- → Taken off at a time of mourning Eze 24:17
- → Of the people of Israel did not get old De 29:5
- → Loosened as a sign of refusal to observe the levirate marriage De 25:9; Ru 4:7,8
- → Poor people sold for a pair of Am 2:6; 8:6
- → Made of badgers' (dugong, porpoise?) skins Eze 16:10
- → Thong of Ge 14:23; Isa 5:27; Mr 1:7
- → Loosing of, a humble service Lu 3:16
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.