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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 BoxGen 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring[fn] and hers; he will crush[fn] your head, and you will strike his heel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:26 - After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.[fn] Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - then you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 - Then thundered the horses’ hooves— galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6 - They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.
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