πτέρυξ
pteryx · wing
Greek word · Strong’s number G4420 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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pteryx (πτέρυξ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wing”.
How to say it
pte·ryx
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The part of the body with which birds fly and cover their young.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing!
- Luke 13:34
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
- Revelation 4:8
And the four living creatures, each of them having six wings apiece, are full of eyes all around and within; and they have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God the Almighty, who was and who is and who is coming.”
- Revelation 9:9
and they had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle.
- Revelation 12:14
And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished there for a time and times and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent.