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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 -

“[fn]O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:34 - “[fn]O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I have wanted to gather your children together [around Me], just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were not willing!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:8 - And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying,

“HOLY, HOLY, HOLY [is the] LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all], WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME [the unchanging, eternal God].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:9 - They had breastplates (scales) like breastplates made of iron; and the [whirring] noise of their wings was like the [thunderous] noise of countless horse-drawn chariots charging [at full speed] into battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time (three and one-half years), away from the presence of the serpent (Satan).
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