KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

A runner before kings and princes.
1 Samuel 8:11; 2 Samuel 15:1; 1 Kings 1:5

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 (1 Samuel 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 (1 Kings 14:27,28; 2 Kings 11:4,6,11,13,19; 2 Chronicles 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 - (1 Kings 14:27; 2 Kings 11:13)

FOOT'MAN, noun

1. A soldier who marches and fights on foot.

2. A menial servant; a runner; a servant in livery.

FOOT'MANSHIP, noun The art or faculty of a runner.

FOOT'MANTLE, noun A garment to keep the gown clean in riding.