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Footman

foot'-man
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

a word employed in the English Bible in two senses:

(1) Generally, to distinguish those of the fighting men who went on foot from those who were on horseback or in chariots;

(2) In a more special sense, in ( 1 Samuel 22:17 ) only, and as the translation of a different term from the above -- a body of swift runners in attendance on the king. This body appears to have been afterwards kept up, and to have been distinct from the body-guard -- the six hundred and thirty -- who were originated by David. See ( 1 Kings 14:27 , 14:28 ; 2 Kings 11:4 , 11:6 , 11:11 , 11:13 , 11:19 ; 2 Chronicles 12:10 , 12:11 ) In each of these cases the word is the same as the above, and is rendered "guard," with "runners" in the margin in two instances - ( 1 Kings 14:27 ; 2 Kings 11:13 )

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

foot'-man.

See WAR.

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