ΠΤΕΡΥΓΑ, πτερυγα
PTERYGA, pteryga
Sounds Like: pter-OO-gah
Translations: wing, a wing, feather, an edge, a border, a skirt
From the root: ΠΤΕΡΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers primarily to a wing, especially of a bird, but can also denote the edge, border, or skirt of a garment or other object. It is a feminine noun and is often used in contexts describing flight, protection (like under a bird's wings), or the outermost part of something.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4420 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 13:289
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΕΡΥΞ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΤΕΡ — wing, a wing, feather, a feather
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓ — wing, a wing, feather, a feather, skirt, a skirt, border, a border, edge, an edge
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓΑΙΣ — to wings, to a wing, to a feather, to a fin, to a border, to a fringe, to a skirt
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓΑΣ — wings, a wing
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓΕΣ — wings, a wing
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓΙΑ — fins, wings, a wing, a fin, a border, a pinnacle
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓΙΟΝ — wing, a wing, skirt, a skirt, border, a border, edge, an edge, pinnacle, a pinnacle
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓΙΩΝ — of wings, of a wing, of a fringe, of a border, of a pinnacle
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓΟΣ — of a wing, of a feather, of a fin, of a skirt, of a border
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓΩΝ — of wings, of a wing, of a feather
- ΠΤΕΡΥΞ — wing, a wing, skirt, a skirt, edge, an edge
- ΠΤΕΡΥΞΙ — wings, a wing, feathers, a feather, borders, a border, corners, a corner
- ΠΤΕΡΥΞΙΝ — wings, of wings, a wing
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