πτέρνα pterna · G4418
heel
πτέρνα, -ης, ἡ ; [in LXX for עָקֵב ; ] ; the heel: figuratively, ἐπαίρειν τὴν π. ἐπί, Jhn.13:18 (LXX).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
πτέρνη ; [], later πτέρνᾰ [], ἡ, heel, []; under part of the heel, []; heel-bone, []; 2 hoof, []; 3 heel of a shoe, []; 4 footstep, []; II metaphorically, foot or lower part of anything, πύργων []; of a mast, [] (but, waist of a ship, []; II.2 butt-end of the ἀγκών of a torsion-engine, []; of a surgical machine, []; III ham (mock Epicism formed from Latin perna), []; falsa lectio for{πέρνα} in []
Where it's used 1 time
Source: TBESG G4418; TFLSJ G4418
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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