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πτέρνα

MainId: 004320000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4418

BaseForms:

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