Original Word: πτέρνα, ης, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: pterna
Phonetic Spelling: (pter'-nah)
Short Definition: the heel
Definition: the heel.STRONGS NT 4418: πτέρνα

πτέρνα, πτέρνης, ἡ, the heel (of the foot): ἐπαίρειν τήν πτέρναν ἐπί τινα, to lift up the heel against one, i. e. dropping the figure (which is borrowed either from kicking, or from a wrestler tripping up his antagonist), to injure one by trickery, John 13:18 after Psalm 40:10 (). (Often in Greek writings from Homer down; the Sept. for עָקֵב.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

heel.

Of uncertain derivation; the heel (figuratively) -- heel.

Forms and Transliterations

επτέρνικε επτερνίσαμέν επτέρνισε πτερά πτέρναι πτέρναις πτερναν πτέρναν πτέρνας πτέρνη πτέρνης πτερνιεί πτερνιζετέ πτερνίζετε πτερνισμόν πτερνισμώ πτεροίς πτεροφυήσουσιν pternan ptérnan

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