noun · feminine
pteruxas
Greekπτέρυξ (pterux)
Strong’sG4420
a wing
stem pterux-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πτέρυξ, -υγος, ἡ
(< πέτομαι), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4420 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpter'-oox
a wing
Fromfrom a derivative of G4072 (meaning a feather);
King Jameswing.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pteruxas | pteruxais1×πτέρυγες |
| object accusative | pteruxan | pteruxain3×πτέρυγας |
| direct address vocative | pteruxar | pteruxair |
| of, belonging to genitive | pteruxau | pteruxaiu1×πτερύγων |
| to, for dative | pteruxa | pteruxai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
pteruxa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
pteruxais“wings”subjectnominative plural1×
Revelation 12:14“wings”kai dōila ta gunaika tais duo pteruxais tou aetou tou megou, hina peteteiō eis tan erēman eis ton topon autau, hopou trefitō ekei kairon kai kairoin kai hēmisuem kairou apo prosōpeu tou ofiou.But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
pteruxain“wings”objectaccusative plural3×
Matthew 23:37“wings”Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tar apokteinarōtar toin profētoin kai lithobolarōtar toin apostelirētoin pros autan posakis thelama episunagara teim tekneim su, hon tropon ornias episunagatō teim nossieim autau hupo tain pteruxain, kai ouk thelava?O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Luke 13:34“wings”Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tar apokteinarōtar toin profētoin kai lithobolarōtar toin apostelirētoin pros autan posakis thelama episunagara teim tekneim su hon tropon ornias tan heautau nossian hupo tain pteruxain, kai ouk thelava.O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Revelation 4:8“wings”kai teim tessares zōeim, henem kata henem auteiu echarōtos ana pteruxain hex, kuklothen kai esōthen gemalō ofthalmoiu; kai anapausian ouk echalō hēmerau kai nuxau legarōtois; Hagios hagios hagios kurios, tos theos, tos pantokratōros, tos ate kai tos arōtos kai tos ercherōtos.And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
pteruxaiu“wings”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 9:9“wings”kai echale thōraxoin hōs thōraxoin sidērouoin, kai tas fōnas taiu pteruxaiu autaiu hōs fōnas harmeiu hippoiu polloiu trecharōtoiu eis polemon;They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.