Ὑποπόδιον
footstool
Translated by Catharine Roth17 Jun 2004Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑποπόδιον· ὑποπόδιον τοῦ θεοῦ πάλαι μὲν ὁ θεῖος νενόμιστο νεώς, νῦν δὲ αἱ κατὰ πᾶσαν γῆν καὶ θάλατταν ἐκκλησίαι, ἐν αἷς τῷ θεῷ τὴν προσκύνησιν ἀπονέμουσιν. ζήτει καὶ ἐν τῷ ὑποδήματα.
Betacode
*(upopo/dion: u(popo/dion tou= qeou= pa/lai me\n o( qei=os neno/misto new/s, nu=n de\ ai( kata\ pa=san gh=n kai\ qa/lattan e)kklhsi/ai, e)n ai(=s tw=| qew=| th\n prosku/nhsin a)pone/mousin. zh/tei kai\ e)n tw=| u(podh/mata.
Notes (2)
- 1Theodoret (PG 80.1665c) on Psalm 98:5 LXX (where the phrase 'the footstool of his feet' occurs); quoted again at upsilon 769. ↩
- 2upsilon 482. ↩
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