Strongs Number: G4418
- Greek Word
- πτέρνα
- Transliteration
- pterna
- Phonetic
- pter'-nah
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
the heel (figuratively)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. the heel (of the foot)
2. to lift up the heel against one
a. to injure one by trickery (figure borrowed either from kicking, or from a wrestler tripping up his antagonist)
- Origin
- Of uncertain derivation
- Bible Usage
- heel.