Strong G4071πετεινός
bird
- Transliteration
- peteinon
- Pronunciation
- pet-i-non'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of a derivative of G4072; a flying animal that is bird: - bird fowl.
Detailed definition
πετεινός, -ή, -όν
(πέτομαι), [in LXX chiefly for עוֹף;]
in trag., Ion. and late writers, winged, flying; as subst., τὸ π., a winged fowl, a bird: pl., Mat.6:26 8:20 13:4, 32, Mrk.4:4, 32, Luk.8:5 9:58 12:24 13:19, Act.10:12 11:6, Rom.1:23, Jas.3:7.†
(AS)
(πέτομαι), [in LXX chiefly for עוֹף;]
in trag., Ion. and late writers, winged, flying; as subst., τὸ π., a winged fowl, a bird: pl., Mat.6:26 8:20 13:4, 32, Mrk.4:4, 32, Luk.8:5 9:58 12:24 13:19, Act.10:12 11:6, Rom.1:23, Jas.3:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4071 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fowl9
- bird5
First verses
- Matthew 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Matthew 8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
- Matthew 13:4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
- Matthew 13:32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Mark 4:4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
- Mark 4:32But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
- Luke 8:5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
- Luke 9:58And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
- Luke 13:19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
- Acts 10:12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
- Acts 11:6Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
- Romans 1:23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
- James 3:7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πετεινός, ή, όν,
also πετηνός (see. near the end), and πτηνός (see. entry), Epic dialect and poetry πετεηνός (also πετεεινός [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.337 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus), 363.22 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus)))]:— able to fly, full-fledged, of young birds, πάρος πετεηνὰ γενέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.218)]; of birds generally, able to fly, winged, πετηνῶν.. ὑπ᾽ οἰωνῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1025; πετηνοῖς γυψί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 515; also π. ἵππος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 342: _absolutely_, πετεηνά)] winged fowl, αἰετὸς.. τελειότατος πετεηνῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.247, +others)]; πετεινόν a bird, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1097)]; τὰ πετεινά (with variant{πετηνά}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.140, 2.123, 3.106, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 132.—Thom.Mag. p.272 R. rejects the form πετεινός: Πετηνή)] is the name of an Attic dialectship in [Refs (“IG” 22.1611.138.)]
also πετηνός (see. near the end), and πτηνός (see. entry), Epic dialect and poetry πετεηνός (also πετεεινός [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.337 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus), 363.22 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus)))]:— able to fly, full-fledged, of young birds, πάρος πετεηνὰ γενέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.218)]; of birds generally, able to fly, winged, πετηνῶν.. ὑπ᾽ οἰωνῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1025; πετηνοῖς γυψί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 515; also π. ἵππος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 342: _absolutely_, πετεηνά)] winged fowl, αἰετὸς.. τελειότατος πετεηνῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.247, +others)]; πετεινόν a bird, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1097)]; τὰ πετεινά (with variant{πετηνά}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.140, 2.123, 3.106, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 132.—Thom.Mag. p.272 R. rejects the form πετεινός: Πετηνή)] is the name of an Attic dialectship in [Refs (“IG” 22.1611.138.)]