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Footman
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 1Sa 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 1Ki 14:27,28; 2Ki 11:4,6,11,13,19; 2Ch 12:10,11 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 - 1Ki 14:27; 2Ki 11:13
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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'footman' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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