Strong's Number G4418

πτέρνα

pterna · pter'-nah

Transliteration:

pterna{pter'-nah}

Word Origin:

of uncertain derivation

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

the heel (figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

heel 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

the heel (of the foot)
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)