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Lexicon :: Strong's G4420 - pteryx

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πτέρυξ
Transliteration
pteryx (Key)
Pronunciation
pter'-oox
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of πέτομαι (G4072) (meaning a feather)
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Strong’s Definitions

πτέρυξ ptéryx, pter'-oox; from a derivative of G4072 (meaning a feather); a wing:—wing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4420 in the following manner: wing (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4420 in the following manner: wing (5x).

  1. a wing: of birds

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πτέρυξ ptéryx, pter'-oox; from a derivative of G4072 (meaning a feather); a wing:—wing.
STRONGS G4420:
πτέρυξ, πτέρυγος, ἡ (πτερόν a wing), from Homer down, the Sept. often for כָּנָף; a wing: of birds, Matthew 23:37: Luke 13:34; Revelation 12:14; of imaginary creatures, Revelation 4:8; Revelation 9:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
23:37
Luke
13:34
Revelation
4:8; 9:9; 12:14

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Strong's Number G4420 matches the Greek πτέρυξ (pteryx),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:37 - “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:8 - And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say,
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
who was and is and is to come!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9 - they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
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