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# footstool

noun (a footstool, footstools)

«footstool» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A low stool or small padded seat for resting your feet on when you sit in a chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#m1)
2. (Bible, figurative) something under someone's feet, showing power: «the earth is my footstool». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#m2)

### In the lessons

Everyday furniture word in homes, especially older ones. In stories it often appears by the fire in a cosy room, like the Badger's kitchen. In the Bible God says «heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool», meaning God is greater than the whole world.

### Examples

- Grandpa rested his feet on the footstool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#x1)
- The cat slept on the footstool by the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#x2)
- She sat on a footstool to read to the little ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#x3)
- Badger pulled up a footstool for Mole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#x4)
- The footstool had a velvet top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#x5)
- I stood on the footstool to reach the shelf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#x6)
- «The earth is my footstool,» says the Bible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#x7)
- If you like, you may sit down on it, and be my little queen, and I will sit on the footstool." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/#x8)

### Note

Compound noun: foot + stool. Plural: footstools. Standing on a footstool to reach high things can be unsafe; ask for help.

## In Jewish tradition

The Bible calls the earth, or the Temple and Ark, God's footstool, a picture of God's greatness as king. In Psalm 110 it means the enemies are made to bow.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the Temple as the place where God's presence touches earth. Psalm 110 is understood by Jews as speaking of David or a king of Israel.

### Examples

- Let us go into His dwelling-place; let us worship at His footstool. (Writings PSA.132.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x1)
- Exalt ye the LORD our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool; Holy is He. (Writings PSA.99.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x2)
- The LORD saith unto my lord: 'Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.' (Writings PSA.110.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/#x3)

### Note

Compound noun: foot + stool. Plural: footstools. Standing on a footstool to reach high things can be unsafe; ask for help.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «footstool» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footstool/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «footstool» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstool/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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