GreekG8975Noun (Neuter)
πτερόν
pteron
“a feather”
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G8975Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech
Definition
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.mostly in plural feathers, (Odyssey by Homer), etc.; in singular a feather, (Aristophanes Comicus)
2.= πτέρυξ, a bird's wing, in plural wings, (Homer); Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaphorically from chickens under the hen's wings, (Aeschulus Tragicus): —; *πτερὰ γίγνετο *he got as it were wings, i. e. spirit, courage, (Iliad by Homer)
3.the wings of a bat (see. *πτίλον *II), (Herdotus Historicus)
4.any winged creature, as the Sphinx, (Euripides); a beetle, (Aristophanes Comicus)
5.like οἰωνός, Lat. avis, an augury, omen, (Pindar)
6.anything like wings : as
7.a ship's wings, i. e. oars (compare πτερόω); ἐρετμά, *τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται *(Odyssey by Homer); *νηὸς πτερά *(Hesiod):—; hence birds are said πτεροῖς ἐρέσσειν, (Euripides)
8.ἀέθλων πτερά, i. e. the wings of victory, which lift the Poet to heaven, (Pindar)
9.a feathered arrow, (Euripides)
10.*τοῦ πώγωνος τὰ πτερά *the points of the beard, (Lucian)
11.in Architecture, of the rows of columns along the sides of Greek temples, see. ἄπτερος.
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Neuter)
Morphology Code
G:N-N
Full Description
Greek Noun, Neuter
Occurrences
πτερόν appears 0 times in the New Testament.
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