Quick Definition
πτηνός, ή, όν Adj winged
Strong's Definition
contraction for 4071; a bird
KJV Usage: bird
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | (-ή), -όν | πέτομαι
4.38 · Animals · Birds
bird any kind of bird, wild or domestic All languages have at least some terms for birds, but there may be no generic term which identifies birds while excluding all other creatures which fly. For example, in some languages a term which includes all kinds of birds also includes flying insects and bats. However, since in most instances such a term has birds as its primary reference, it can usually be employed in contexts in which birds are more or less readily identified by other expressions in the passage. In other languages generic terms for birds may identify only certain classes of birds, for example, birds of prey, water birds, and birds of the forest.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτηνός, -1, -όν, (πέτομαι. πτῆναι), furnished with wings ; winged, flying: τὰ πτηνά, birds (often so in Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. down), 1 Co. xv. 39.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτηνός ptēnos 1x
as adj., winged, with feathers; as noun, a bird, fowl, 1 Cor. 15:39*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** πτηνός, -ή, -όν
(< πέτομαι), [in Aq.: Jb 5:7*;]
winged; as subst., τὰ π., birds: I Co 15:39.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πτηνός (ptēnos) — bird. πτηνός, ή, όν, Doric dialect πτανός, ά, όν; also ός, όν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πτῆναι, πέτομαι):— flying, winged, Διὸς π. κύων, i.e. eagle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄρνις, οἰωνός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἔρως, ἵπποι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of arrows, π. ἰοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. φυγή, of birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. τὰ π. winged creatures, birds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὰ πεζά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὰ πεζά and τὰ πλωτά, [Refs 4th c.BC+] the pursuit of winged game, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ [θήρα] τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of young birds, fledged, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. swift-footed, παρδάλεις, κάμηλοι, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. metaphorically, πτηνοὶ μῦθοι, Homer's ἔπεα πτερόεντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+] fleeting, idle words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πτηνὰς διώκεις ἐλπίδας fleeting hopes, [Refs]
II.2. πτανὰ ἰσχύς soaring, aspiring strength, [Refs 5th c.BC+]