pterux (wing) · Rightly

Meaning

Usually translated “wings”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

wings 5

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Revelation 3
Matthew 1
Luke 1

3 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Revelation 4:8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Revelation 9:9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Revelation 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Greek dictionary

πτέρυξ pterux · wing

πτέρυξ, -υγος, ἡ (πέτομαι), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף ;] a wing: of birds, Mat.23:37, Luk.13:34, Rev.12:14; of creatures seen in a vision, Rev.4:8 9:9.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “wing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WING, noun

The limb of a fowl by which it flies.
The limb of an insect by which it flies.
In botany, the side petal of a papilionaceous corol; also, an appendage of seeds, by means of which they are wafted in the air and scattered; also, any membranous or leafy dilatation of a footstalk, or of the angles of a stem, branch or flower stalk, or of a calyx.
Flight; passage by the wind; as, to be on the wind; to take wing

All definitions and other forms of “wing”

Means of flying; acceleration.
Motive or incitement of flight.
The flank or extreme body or part of an army.
Any side-piece.
In gardening, a side-shoot.
In architecture, a side-building, less than the main edifice.
In fortification, the longer sides of hornworks, crown-works, etc.
In a fleet, the ships on the extremities, when ranged in a line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
In a ship, the wings are those parts of the hold and orlop deck, which are nearest the sides.
In Scripture, protection; generally in the plural. Psalms 63:7 Exodus 19:4

WING, verb transitive

To furnish with wings; to enable to fly or to move with celerity.
To supply with side bodies; as on either side well winged.
To transport by flight.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.