ΠΤΕΡΥΓΟΣ, πτερυγος
PTERYGOS, pterygos
Sounds Like: pter-YOO-gos
Translations: of a wing, of a feather, of a fin, of a skirt, of a border
From the root: ΠΤΕΡΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a wing, feather, or fin, often used in the context of birds or other creatures with such appendages. It can also metaphorically refer to the border or skirt of a garment, or a part of a building that resembles a wing. It is used to describe a part that extends outwards, like a wing from a body or a border from a cloth.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4420 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΠΤΕΡΥΓΑ — wing, a wing, feather, an edge, a border, a skirt
- 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
- 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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