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Heel

πτέρναStrong’s G4418

pterna

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Pterna is the Greek word usually translated “heel”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“I 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.”
John 13:18 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “heel”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • heel 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    πτέρνα pterna · heel

    πτέρνα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for עָקֵב ;] the heel: figuratively, ἐπαίρειν τὴν π. ἐπί, Jhn.13:18 (LXX).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “heel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    HEEL, noun

    [Latin calx; Gr. a tumor.]

    1. The hind part of the foot, particularly of man; but it is applied also to the corresponding part of the feet of quadrupeds.
    2. The whole foot.
    3. The hind part of a shoe, either for man or beast.
    4. The part of a stocking intended for the heel
    All definitions and other forms of “heel”
    1. Something shaped like the human heel; a protuberance or knob.
    2. The latter part; as, a bill was introduced into the legislature at the heel of the session.
    3. A spur.
    4. The after end of a ship's keel; the lower end of the stern-post to which it is connected; also, the lower end of a mast.

    HEEL, verb intransitive

    To dance.

      HEEL, verb transitive

      To arm a cock.

      1. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe.

      HEEL verb intransitive

      To incline; to lean; as a ship; as, the ship heels a-port, or a star-board.

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.