What does πτέρυξ (ptéryx) mean in the Bible?
πτέρυξ (ptéryx): Wing as protective covering or gathering place, especially in Jesus's lament over Jerusalem.
Greek · G4420
πτέρυξ
A wing
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πτέρυξ G4420
Pronunciation ptéryx
What does πτέρυξ (ptéryx) mean in the Bible?
πτέρυξ (ptéryx): Wing as protective covering or gathering place, especially in Jesus's lament over Jerusalem.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4420?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include wings (5).
Where does πτέρυξ (ptéryx) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:37. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It wings 5× Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34, Revelation 4:8, Revelation 9:9
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Matthew 23:37 πτέρυγας to wings Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Luke 13:34 πτέρυγας to wings Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 4:8 πτέρυγας to wings Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 9:9 πτερύγων to wings Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Revelation 12:14 πτέρυγες to wings Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:37
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
πτέρυγας 3x pterygas Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34, Revelation 4:8
πτέρυγες 1x pteryges Revelation 12:14
πτερύγων 1x pterygōn Revelation 9:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 3x Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34, Revelation 4:8
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Revelation 9:9
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Revelation 12:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Wing as protective covering or gathering place, especially in Jesus's lament over Jerusalem.
Strong's G4420
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 13:31-35 Source Gloss
a wing
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:37 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πτέρυγας, pterugav
a wing
Read verse Luke 13:34 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πτέρυγας, pterugav
a wing
Read verse Revelation 4:8 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πτέρυγας pterugav
a wing
Read verse Revelation 9:9 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
πτερύγων pterugwn
a wing
Read verse Revelation 12:14 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
πτέρυγες pterugev
a wing
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 5 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Rev 12:14 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Rev 9:9 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 23:37 · Luke 13:34 · Rev 4:8 3×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Metaphorical wings of protective gathering, as a hen gathers chicks
Literal wings of a bird in flight, illustrating swift departure of riches
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πτέρυξ is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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