G4419: πτερύγιον (pterýgion)

G4419 πτερύγιον (pterýgion)

Greek

Quick Definition

πτερύγιον, ου, τό n.n. an extremity, battlement, parapet

Strong's Definition

neuter of a presumed derivative of 4420; a winglet, i.e. (figuratively) extremity (top corner)

KJV Usage: pinnacle

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πτερύγιον (G4419)

noun, n. | -ου | πτέρυξ

7.53 · Constructions · Parts and Areas of Buildings

pinnacle, summit (of the Temple) the tip or high point of a building

MAT 4:5 · LUK 4:9

¹ The precise meaning of πτερύγιον in MAT 4:5 and LUK 4:9 is uncertain. Some scholars have proposed lintel or superstructure of the gate of the Temple.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πτερύγιον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of πτέρυξ, q. v.), Sept. for 13; 1. a wing, little wing. 2. any pointed extremity (of the fins of fishes, 1.930, Lev. xi. 9-12; Deut. xiv. 9, 10; Aristot., Theophr. ; of a part of the dress hanging down in the form of a wing, Ruth iii. 9; 1S. xxiv. 5; [Num. xv. 38]; Poll. 7, 14, 62): τὸ πτερύytov τοῦ ναοῦ and τοῦ ἱεροῦ, the top of the temple at Jerusalem, Hegesipp. ap. Euseb. h.e. 2, 23, 11; rod ἱεροῦ. Mt. ἵν. δ: Lk. iv. 9: some understand this of the top or apex of the sanctuary (rod ναοῦ), others of the top of Solomon’s porch, and others of the top of the Royal Portico; this last Josephus (antt. 15, 11, 5) says was of such great height ὡς εἴ τις am ἄκρου τοῦ ταύτης τέγους ἄμφω συντιθεὶς τὰ βάθη διοπτεύοι σκοτοδινιᾶν, οὐκ ἐξικνουμένης τῆς ὄψεως εἰς ἀμέτρητον τὸν βυθόν; (cf. “ Recovery of Jerusalem,” esp. ch. ν.].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πτερύγιον pterygion 2x

a little wing; the extremity, the extreme point of a thing; a pinnacle, or apex of a building, Mt. 4:5; Lk. 4:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πτερύγιον, -ου, -τό

(dimin. of πτέρυξ), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף;]

a little wing.

Anything like a wing, as a turret, battlement: τ. ἱεροῦ, Mt 4:5, Lk 4:9.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πτερύγιον, “a little wing,” hence ‘‘ gable,” “pinnacle” (Mt 45, Lk 4%). For πτερυγοειδῶς, “in the form of a wing,” in the technical language of magic, see Deissmann ZAZ p. 453 υ.}

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πτερύγιον (pterugion) — pinnacle. πτερῠγ-ιον, τό, diminutive of πτέρυξ, [Refs 4th c.BC+].

II. anything like a wing.

II.1. in plural, fins of fish, [Refs]; of the tail-flaps of a lobster, [Refs]; of certain sea-slugs, [Refs]; fins of the sepia and other cuttle-fish, πτερύγι᾽.. σηπίας ὠπτημένα [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. horns of the horned owl, [Refs]

II.3. end or tip of the rudder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a pole, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

II.4. in a building, turret or battlement, or (as others) pointed roof, peak, [NT]

II.5. flap, fold [LXX+4th c.BC+]; flap of a cuirass, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.6. in the body, part of the shoulderblade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the ear, parts joining the temples,[Refs 5th c.AD+]; of the nose, parts joining the cheeks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.7. in Medicine texts, disease of the eye when a membrane grows over it from the inner corner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.8. fleshy excrescence on the nails, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.9. plural,= του ={πνεύμονος τοῦ λοβοῦ τὰ ἄκρα}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

II.10. plural, flanges holding the projector of a torsion-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]