GreekG4420Noun (Feminine)

πτέρυξ

pterux

5Occurrences
G4420Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a wing

from a derivative of G4072 (πέτομαι) (meaning a feather);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a wing: of birds,; of creatures seen in a vision.
LXX: chiefly for כָּנָף

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

πτέρυξ appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
3
Luke
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Luke 13:34BSB

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Matthew 23:37BSB

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Revelation 12:14BSB

But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

Revelation 4:8BSB

And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying:“Holy, Holy, Holy,is the Lord God Almighty,who was and is and is to come!”

Revelation 9:9BSB

They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

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