What does πετεινόν · οὐρανός mean in the Bible?
πετεινόν · οὐρανός is a Greek phrase meaning "birds of the heaven/sky".
Greek · G4071, G3772
τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
Bird · heaven
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πετεινόν G4071 bird
Pronunciation peteinón
A winged creature; in NT imagery, symbolizes providential care or spiritual forces under human dominion.
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οὐρανός G3772 heaven
Pronunciation ouranós
Heaven signifies both the physical sky and God's transcendent dwelling place where divine rule operates.
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What does τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (ta peteina tou ouranou) mean in the Bible?
πετεινόν · οὐρανός is a Greek phrase meaning "birds of the heaven/sky".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4071, G3772?
G4071, G3772 is connected to 14 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. birds of the heaven/sky
Source Gloss
birds of the heaven/sky
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 14 Case pattern Nominative (7) Number pattern Plural (14)
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 8:20 · Matt 13:4 · Mark 4:4 · Luke 8:5 · Luke 9:58 · Luke 13:19 · Acts 10:12 7×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 12:24 · Rom 1:23 · Jas 3:7 3×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 6:26 · Matt 13:32 · Mark 4:32 · Acts 11:6 4×
Word Origins
τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain