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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 you and the woman,

And between your seed and her seed;

He shall [fn]bruise you on the head,

And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called [fn]Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 -

“Dan shall be a serpent in the way,

A horned snake in the path,

That bites the horse’s heels,

So that his rider falls backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know with certainty that Yahweh your God will not continue to dispossess these nations from before you; but they will be a snare and a trap to you and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 -

“Then the horses’ hoofs beat

From the dashing, the dashing of his [fn]valiant steeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6 -

They [fn]attack, they lurk,

They watch my heels,

As they have hoped to take my [fn]life.

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