Quick Definition
a wing
Strong's Definition
a wing
Derivation: from a derivative of G4072 (πέτομαι) (meaning a feather);
KJV Usage: wing
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτέρυξ, πτέρυγος, ἡ (πτερόν a wing), from Homer down, the Sept. often for λΘΜπΘσ; a wing: of birds, Mat_23:37 : Luk_13:34; Rev_12:14; of imaginary creatures, Rev_4:8; Rev_9:9.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτέρυξ pteryx 5x
a wing, pinion, Mat_23:37 ; Luk_13:34
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πτέρυξ , -υγος , ἡ
( < πέτομαι ),
[in LXX chiefly for H3671 ;]
a wing: of birds, Mat_23:37 , Luk_13:34 , Rev_12:14 ; of creatures seen in a vision, Rev_4:8 ; Rev_9:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτέρυξ [page 558]
wing, is found several times in an oracle of iv/iii B.C., Syll 801 (= .3 1167) .1 .5 , dealing with the auspices drawn from the flight of birds ἢν ἐπάρει τὴν εὐώνυμον (δεξιὴν ) πτέρυγα . In a food-account, P Oxy IV. 738 .10 ( c . A.D. 1), the editors translate πτέρυγες β̄ , 2 snipe (?). MGr φτερούγα . For πτερόω in late Greek of spreading the oars or sails of a ship like wings, cf. Psaltes Gr . p. 323.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πτέρυξ πτέρυξ, υ^γος, [Etym: πτερόν] "the wing" of a bird, Il. ; in pl. "wings", Hom. , etc. "a winged creature, a bird", Anth. "anything like a wing, the flap or skirt" of a coat of armour, Xen. ; also of the doric χιτών, Ar. "the broad edge" of a knife or spear, Plut. "anything that covers or protects" like wings, πτ. πέπλων Eur. ; Εὐβοίης πτέρυξ, i. e. Aulis, id=Eur. metaph., πτέρυγες γόων "the wings", i. e. "the flight or flow", of grief, Soph. ; πτ. Πιερίδων Pind.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πτέρυξ, -υγος, ἡ
(πέτομαι), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף ;]
a wing: of birds, Mat.23:37, Luk.13:34, Rev.12:14; of creatures seen in a vision, Rev.4:8 9:9.†
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