on foot
rag.li describes people moving or counted on foot, most often troops in military forces.
The attested use most often identifies troops as foot soldiers within numbered forces, alongside horsemen or chariots. It also describes a people traveling on foot and, in one comparison, footmen contrasted with horses.
Senses in use
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Foot soldiers in a military force · dominant
The masculine singular form occurs in troop totals and battle reports. In 1 Samuel 15:4 the APB renders a muster of “two hundred thousand foot soldiers,” while in 2 Kings 13:7 it places such soldiers beside horsemen and chariots; Judges 20:2 further depicts men on foot drawing the sword.
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People proceeding or running on foot · occasional
Outside the military totals, the form describes people in motion without horses. In Exodus 12:37 the APB renders Israel setting out as “men on foot,” and Numbers 11:21 similarly counts the people “on foot”; Jeremiah 12:5 uses the plural form in the comparison of running with “footmen” and contending with horses.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the military occurrences as “foot soldiers.” In Exodus 12:37 and Numbers 11:21 it renders the clause with “on foot,” while Jeremiah 12:5 uses “footmen”; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.