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break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

To wash, a sign of hospitality

(Gen. 18:4⁴Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: (Genesis 18:4); 1 Sam. 25:41⁴¹And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. (1 Samuel 25:41); John 13:5-6⁵After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. ⁶Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? (John 13:5‑6)). To remove shoes, a reverence (Ex. 3:5⁵And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. (Exodus 3:5)); sign of mourning (Ezek. 24:17¹⁷Forbear 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. (Ezekiel 24:17)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. ragli, “on foot:” often used for the foot soldiers in distinction from those in chariots or on horseback (Num. 11:21²¹And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. (Numbers 11:21); Judg. 20:2²And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. (Judges 20:2); 1 Chron. 18:4⁴And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. (1 Chronicles 18:4); &c). In Jeremiah 12:5⁵If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? (Jeremiah 12:5) it is applied to those that ran.

2. ruts, “runner.” (1 Sam. 22:17¹⁷And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord. (1 Samuel 22:17)). Samuel said that their king would make some of them to run before his chariot (1 Sam. 8:11¹¹And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. (1 Samuel 8:11)). Such are commonly employed in the East to run before the great, to clear the way for them.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7323 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

ruwts

Phonic:

roots

Meaning:

a primitive root; to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)

KJV Usage:

break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post