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Lexicon :: Strong's G4419 - pterygion

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πτερύγιον
Transliteration
pterygion (Key)
Pronunciation
pter-oog'-ee-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of πτέρυξ (G4420)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
18x in 5 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

πτερύγιον pterýgion, pter-oog'-ee-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of G4420; a winglet, i.e. (figuratively) extremity (top corner):—pinnacle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4419 in the following manner: pinnacle (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4419 in the following manner: pinnacle (2x).

  1. a wing, a little wing

  2. any pointed extremity

    1. of fins of fishes

    2. of part of a dress hanging down in the form of a wing

    3. of the top of the temple at Jerusalem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πτερύγιον pterýgion, pter-oog'-ee-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of G4420; a winglet, i.e. (figuratively) extremity (top corner):—pinnacle.
STRONGS G4419:
πτερύγιον, πτερυγίου, τό (diminutive of πτέρυξ, which see), the Sept. for כָּנָף;
1. a wing, little wing.
2. any pointed extremity (of the fins of fish, סַנְפִּיר, Leviticus 11:9-12; Deuteronomy 14:9, 10; Aristotle, Theophrastus; of a part of the dress hanging down in the form of a wing, Ruth 3:9; 1 Samuel 24:5; (Numbers 15:38); Pollux 7, 14, 62): τό πτερύγιον τοῦ ναοῦ and τοῦ ἱεροῦ, the top of the temple at Jerusalem, Hegesippus (circa ) quoted in Eusebius, h. e. 2, 23, 11; τοῦ ἱεροῦ, Matthew 4:5; Luke 4:9; some understand this of the top or apex of the sanctuary (τοῦ ναοῦ), others of the top of Solomon's porch, and others of the top of the Royal Portico; this last Josephus (Antiquities 15, 11, 5) says was of such great height ὡς εἰ ἀπ' ἄκρου τοῦ ταύτης τέγους ἄμφω συντιθεις τά βάθη διοπτευοι σκοτοδινιαν, οὐκ ἐξικνουμενης τῆς ὄψεως εἰς ἀμέτρητον τόν βυθόν; (cf. Recovery of Jerusalem, especially chapter v.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
11:9; 11:10; 11:11; 11:12
Numbers
15:38
Deuteronomy
14:9; 14:10
Ruth
3:9
1 Samuel
24:5
Matthew
4:5
Luke
4:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4419 matches the Greek πτερύγιον (pterygion),
which occurs 18 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:9 - ‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:10 - ‘But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:12 - ‘Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales—that shall be an abomination to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:38 - “Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:9 - “These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat all that have fins and scales.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:10 - “And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, “Who are you?” So she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. Take your maidservant under your wing,[fn] for you are a close relative.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:27 - And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:4 - Then the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’ ” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:5 - Now it happened afterward that David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11 - “Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub five cubits: ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
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