πτέρνα

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Transliteration: ptérna

Pronunciation: pter'-nah

Definition: heel

- Original: πτέρνα

- Transliteration: Pterna

- Phonetic: pter'-nah

- Definition:

1. the heel (of the foot)

2. to lift up the heel against one

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

- Origin: of uncertain derivation

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; the heel (figuratively): - heel.