Strong G4418πτέρνα
heel
- Transliteration
- pterna
- Pronunciation
- pter'-nah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; the heel (figuratively): - heel.
Detailed definition
πτέρνα, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for עָקֵב;]
the heel: figuratively, ἐπαίρειν τὴν π. ἐπί, Jhn.13:18 (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX for עָקֵב;]
the heel: figuratively, ἐπαίρειν τὴν π. ἐπί, Jhn.13:18 (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4418 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- heel1
First verses
- John 13:18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
πτέρνη
[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 3, “Epid.” 5.48, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.))], later πτέρνᾰ [LXX+3rd c.BC+ ((3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 500, LXX.Gen.3.15, etc.))], ἡ, heel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.397, Hp. [prev. cited], 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 494b7)]; under part of the heel, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 209 (_plural_))]; heel-bone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.776, +others: proverbial, εἴπερ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον.. μὴ ἐν ταῖς π. φορεῖτε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.45.)]
2 hoof, [LXX (LXX.Judg.5.22.)]
3 heel of a shoe, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.21, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.69B.)]
4 footstep, [LXX (LXX.Cant.1.8.)]
II metaphorically, foot or lower part of anything, πύργων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 442; τῆς μηχανῆς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.6.2)]; of a mast, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Asclepiades Myrleanus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.474f)] (but, waist of a ship, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “*Stereom.” 2.52).)]
II.2 butt-end of the ἀγκών of a torsion-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 59.30, 66.2)]; of a surgical machine, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.9, +others)]
III ham (mock Epicism formed from Latin perna), [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 37)]; falsa lectio for{πέρνα} in [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 15.15, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 7.17.74 (πέρνα correctly in 4.32).)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 3, “Epid.” 5.48, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.))], later πτέρνᾰ [LXX+3rd c.BC+ ((3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 500, LXX.Gen.3.15, etc.))], ἡ, heel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.397, Hp. [prev. cited], 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 494b7)]; under part of the heel, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 209 (_plural_))]; heel-bone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.776, +others: proverbial, εἴπερ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον.. μὴ ἐν ταῖς π. φορεῖτε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.45.)]
2 hoof, [LXX (LXX.Judg.5.22.)]
3 heel of a shoe, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.21, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.69B.)]
4 footstep, [LXX (LXX.Cant.1.8.)]
II metaphorically, foot or lower part of anything, πύργων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 442; τῆς μηχανῆς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.6.2)]; of a mast, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Asclepiades Myrleanus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.474f)] (but, waist of a ship, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “*Stereom.” 2.52).)]
II.2 butt-end of the ἀγκών of a torsion-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 59.30, 66.2)]; of a surgical machine, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.9, +others)]
III ham (mock Epicism formed from Latin perna), [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 37)]; falsa lectio for{πέρνα} in [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 15.15, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 7.17.74 (πέρνα correctly in 4.32).)]