Strong G4419πτερύγιον
pinnacle
- Transliteration
- pterugion
- Pronunciation
- pter-oog'-ee-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of a presumed derivative of G4420; a winglet that is (figuratively) extremity (top corner): - pinnacle.
Detailed definition
πτερύγιον, -ου, -τό
(dimin. of πτέρυξ), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף;]
1. a little wing.
2. Anything like a wing, as a turret, battlement: τ. ἱεροῦ, Mat.4:5, Luk.4:9.†
(AS)
(dimin. of πτέρυξ), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף;]
1. a little wing.
2. Anything like a wing, as a turret, battlement: τ. ἱεροῦ, Mat.4:5, Luk.4:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4419 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pinnacle2
First verses
- Matthew 4:5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
- Luke 4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πτερῠγ-ιον, τό,
diminutive of πτέρυξ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 615b30)].
II anything like a wing.
II.1 in plural, fins of fish, [Refs ([prev. work] 489b24, 504b30, “IA” 714a11)]; of the tail-flaps of a lobster, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 490a3, compare 525b27, “PA” 684a13, “GA” 720b12)]; of certain sea-slugs, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 532b22, 24)]; fins of the sepia and other cuttle-fish, πτερύγι᾽.. σηπίας ὠπτημένα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Sotades Comicus 1.16, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 187.3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 524a31, “PA” 685b16.)]
II.2 horns of the horned owl, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 597b22.)]
II.3 end or tip of the rudder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.90)]; of a pole, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II.4 in a building, turret or battlement, or (as others) pointed roof, peak, [NT (NT.Luke.4.9; compare πτέρυξ 11.7.)]
II.5 flap, fold [LXX+4th c.BC+ (compare (πτέρυξ 11.4), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 802a39, LXX.Num. 15.38, LXX.Ruth.3.9, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.62)]; flap of a cuirass, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 31.8; π. κρανῶν “IG” 22.1424a.399 (_plural_).)]
II.6 in the body, part of the shoulderblade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.177)]; of the ear, parts joining the temples,[Refs 5th c.AD+ ([prev. work] 85, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; of the nose, parts joining the cheeks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.80, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.71, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 11.12.)]
II.7 in Medicine texts, disease of the eye when a membrane grows over it from the inner corner, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.20, 1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 7.7.4, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.108, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.732.)]
II.8 fleshy excrescence on the nails, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 6.19.1, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.110, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.85.)]
II.9 plural,= του ={πνεύμονος τοῦ λοβοῦ τὰ ἄκρα}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II.10 plural, flanges holding the projector of a torsion-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 54.23; on a κέστρος 11, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.11.4.)]
diminutive of πτέρυξ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 615b30)].
II anything like a wing.
II.1 in plural, fins of fish, [Refs ([prev. work] 489b24, 504b30, “IA” 714a11)]; of the tail-flaps of a lobster, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 490a3, compare 525b27, “PA” 684a13, “GA” 720b12)]; of certain sea-slugs, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 532b22, 24)]; fins of the sepia and other cuttle-fish, πτερύγι᾽.. σηπίας ὠπτημένα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Sotades Comicus 1.16, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 187.3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 524a31, “PA” 685b16.)]
II.2 horns of the horned owl, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 597b22.)]
II.3 end or tip of the rudder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.90)]; of a pole, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II.4 in a building, turret or battlement, or (as others) pointed roof, peak, [NT (NT.Luke.4.9; compare πτέρυξ 11.7.)]
II.5 flap, fold [LXX+4th c.BC+ (compare (πτέρυξ 11.4), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 802a39, LXX.Num. 15.38, LXX.Ruth.3.9, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.62)]; flap of a cuirass, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 31.8; π. κρανῶν “IG” 22.1424a.399 (_plural_).)]
II.6 in the body, part of the shoulderblade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.177)]; of the ear, parts joining the temples,[Refs 5th c.AD+ ([prev. work] 85, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; of the nose, parts joining the cheeks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.80, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.71, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 11.12.)]
II.7 in Medicine texts, disease of the eye when a membrane grows over it from the inner corner, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.20, 1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 7.7.4, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.108, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.732.)]
II.8 fleshy excrescence on the nails, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 6.19.1, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.110, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.85.)]
II.9 plural,= του ={πνεύμονος τοῦ λοβοῦ τὰ ἄκρα}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II.10 plural, flanges holding the projector of a torsion-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 54.23; on a κέστρος 11, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 27.11.4.)]