Word Summary
pteryx: a wing
Original Word: πτέρυξTransliteration: pteryx
Phonetic Spelling: (pter'-oox)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a wing
Meaning: a wing
Strong's Concordance
wing.
From a derivative of petomai (meaning a feather); a wing -- wing.
see GREEK petomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4420: πτέρυξπτέρυξ,
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.