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Footman

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. ragli , 'on foot:' often used for the foot soldiers in distinction from those in chariots or on horseback. Numbers 11:21; Judges 20:2; 1 Chronicles 18:4; etc. In Jeremiah 12:5 it is applied to those that ran.

2. ruts, 'runner.' 1 Samuel 22:17 . Samuel said that their king would make some of them to run before his chariot. 1 Samuel 8:11 . Such are commonly employed in the East to run before the great, to clear the way for them.

Bibliography Information
Morrish, George. Entry for 'Footman'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​f/footman.html. 1897.