Lexical Summary pterna: the heel Original Word: πτέρναTransliteration: pterna Phonetic Spelling: (pter'-nah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: the heel Meaning: the heel Strong's Concordance heel. Of uncertain derivation; the heel (figuratively) -- 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 |