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Koine Greek wordlink #75237

SR GNT Yhn 13:18 πτέρναν (pternan) ‘against me the heel of him’ Strongs=44180 Lemma=pterna^*
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form πτέρναν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πτέρναν’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘heel’.

Yhn (Jhn) 13:18 ‘against me the heel of him’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 13:18 word 29

OET-LV: 18 I _am _speaking not about all of _you. I have _known whom _all I _chose, but in _order _that the scripture may _be _fulfilled: The one eating the bread with me, lifted _up the heel of _him against me. (JHN_13:18)

OET-RV: 18 “But I’m not talking about all of you. I know each one that I chose, but this that was written in the scriptures must be fulfilled,
⇔ ‘The one sharing food with me, lifted up his boot against me.’ (JHN 13:18)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘pterna’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular