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Lexicon :: Strong's G4418 - pterna

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πτέρνα
Transliteration
pterna (Key)
Pronunciation
pter'-nah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
6x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

πτέρνα ptérna, pter'-nah; of uncertain derivation; the heel (figuratively):—heel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4418 in the following manner: heel (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4418 in the following manner: heel (1x).

  1. the heel (of the foot)

  2. to lift up the heel against one

    1. to injure one by trickery (figure borrowed either from kicking, or from a wrestler tripping up his antagonist)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πτέρνα ptérna, pter'-nah; of uncertain derivation; the heel (figuratively):—heel.
STRONGS G4418:
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 41:10 (Ps. 41:9). (Often in Greek writings from Homer down; the Sept. for עָקֵב.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
40:10; 41:10
John
13:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4418 matches the Greek πτέρνα (pterna),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 - Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6 - They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
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