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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - σφυρόν
σφυρόν
G4974
Transliteration: sphyrón
Pronunciation: sfoo-ron'
Definition: ancle bone
- Original: σφυρόν - Transliteration: Sphuron - Phonetic: sfoo-ron' σφαῖρα sphaira (a ball sphere; compare the feminine σφῦρα sphura a hammer); the ankle (as globular): - ancle bone.
- Definition:
1. the ankle
- Origin: "from a presumed derivative probably of the same as sphaira (a ball, "sphere", cf the feminine sphura, a hammer)" - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Neuter of a presumed derivative probably of the same as