latchet Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
latchet in Easton's Bible Dictionary
a thong (Acts 22:25), cord, or strap fastening the sandal on the foot (Isa. 5:27; Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16).
latchet in Smith's Bible Dictionary
the thong or fastening by which the sandal was attached to the foot. It occurs int he proverbial expression in #Ge 14:23| and is there used to denote something trivial or worthless. Another semi-proverbial expression in #Lu 3:16| points to the fact that the office of bearing and unfastening the shoes of great personages fell to the meanest slaves.
latchet in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
LATCH'ET . Mark 1:7. See Clothes.
latchet in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
The thong fastening the sandal to the foot; from Anglo-Saxon laeccan, to fasten; from whence comes "latch." To unloose it was a slave's office for a great man (Luke 3:16).