Strong's Concordance pterna: the heel Original Word: πτέρνα, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pterna Phonetic Spelling: (pter'-nah) Short Definition: the heel Definition: the heel. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4418: πτέρναπτέρνα, 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 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 ptérnanLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 44181 Occurrence πτέρναν — 1 Occ. John 13:18 N-AFS GRK: ἐμὲ τὴν πτέρναν αὐτοῦ NAS: HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST KJV: hath lifted up his heel against me. INT: me the heel of him |