noun · feminine

pternas

Greekπτέρνα (pterna)

Strong’sG4418

the heel

stem ptern-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

heel1×

What it means

πτέρνα, -ης, ἡ,

[in LXX for עָקֵב;]

the heel: fig., ἐπαίρειν τὴν π. ἐπί, Jo 13:18(LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4418 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpter'-nah

the heel (figuratively)

Fromof uncertain derivation;

King Jamesheel.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	pternas	pternais
object accusative	pternan1×πτέρναν	pternain
direct address vocative	pternar	pternair
of, belonging to genitive	pternau	pternaiu
to, for dative	pterna	pternai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

pternstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

pterna is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

pternan“heel”objectaccusative singular1×

John 13:18“heel”ouk peri pantoiu vu legamō; mis oidamē tinoin eklegema; alla hina tas grafas plēriteia; Tos trōgarōtos mu ton arton epairata epi min tan pternan autou.I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’