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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 hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know for certain that the LORD our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the LORD your God gave you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 - The horses' hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6 - They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
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