πτέρυξ pterux G4420
“a wing” — Dodson Greek Lexicon
Same root: Related words from the same root: 6 more words
Strong's Greek Dictionary (1890) says these words are built from one another, all going back to πέτομαι petomai (G4072). Each line says which source links it. Words with a prefix are listed with their main word, not with the prefix. Related words can still differ in meaning.
- πετεινός peteinos G4071 “a bird” built from πέτομαι G4072 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 14 verses
- καταπέτασμα katapetasma G2665 “a veil, curtain” built from κατά G2596 + πέτομαι G4072 (per Strong's) in 6 verses
- πέτομαι petomai G4072 “I fly” head of this family (per Strong's: a primary word) in 5 verses
- πτερύγιον pterugion G4419 “an extremity, battlement, parapet” built from πτέρυξ G4420 (per Strong's) in 2 verses
- ἐκπετάζω ekpetazō G1600 “I spread or stretch out” built from ἐκ G1537 + πέτομαι G4072 (per Strong's) in 1 verse
- πτηνός ptēnos G4421 “winged” built from πετεινός G4071 (per Strong's) · Abbott-Smith agrees in 1 verse
Rendered in WEB as: wings ×5 (5 links)
Each verse shows the form used there and its grammar in plain English. What do these terms mean?
Full definitions (source + licence)
Dodson Greek Lexicon [G4420]
a wing, pinion.
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5 verse(s)
- Matthew 23:37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!pterugas – noun · accusative (object) · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-APF - Luke 13:34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!pterugas – noun · accusative (object) · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-APF - Revelation 4:8 The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”pterugas – noun · accusative (object) · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-APF - Revelation 9:9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war.pterugōn – noun · genitive (often 'of') · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
N-GPF - Revelation 12:14 Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.pteruges – noun · nominative (subject) · plural · feminineverse | pericope | chapter
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