- Original: πτέρνα - Transliteration: Pterna - Phonetic: pter'-nah - Definition: 1. the heel (of the foot) 2. to lift up the heel against one a. to injure one by trickery (figure borrowed either from kicking, or from a wrestler tripping up his antagonist) - Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; the heel (figuratively): - heel.