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πτέρνα

MainId: 004320000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4418

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004320001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: πτέρνα

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ης

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004320001001000

      LEXEntryCode: 8.52

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

      LEXSubDomains: Parts of the Body

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-07 13:40:16

         DefinitionShort: the back part of the human foot below the ankle

         Glosses: heel

         Comments: πτέρνα occurs in the NT only in {S:04301301800048} (ὁ τρώγων μου τὸν ἄρτον ἐπῆρεν ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ τὴν πτέρναν αὐτοῦ ‘the one eating my bread has raised his heel against me’) in an idiomatic expression denoting antagonism and opposition (see {D:39.3}).

      LEXReferences: YHN 13:18

   2. LEXID: 004320001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 39.3

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hostility, Strife

      LEXSubDomains: Opposition, Hostility

      LEXCollocations: ἐπαίρω τὴν πτέρναν

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-07 13:40:16

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to lift one’s heel against) to oppose someone by turning against such a person, possibly with focus upon the initial aspect of becoming opposed to

         Glosses: to turn against, to oppose

         Comments: In a number of languages a convenient way of rendering ‘to turn against’ may be ‘to become an enemy of.’|πτέρνα occurs in the NT only in {S:04301301800048} in an idiomatic expression denoting antagonism and opposition.

      LEXReferences: YHN 13:18