Strong's #4418: pterna (pronounced pter'-nah)

of uncertain derivation; the heel (figuratively):--heel.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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pterna

1) the heel (of the foot)

2) to lift up the heel against one

2a) to injure one by trickery (figure borrowed either from kicking, or from a wrestler tripping up his antagonist)

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: of uncertain derivation

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

John 13:18: "me hath lifted up his heel against me."