Bird
πτηνόςStrong’s G4421ptēnos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Ptēnos is the Greek word usually translated “birds”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.”
Meaning
Usually translated “birds”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of birds 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
πτηνός ptēnos · bird
πτηνός, -ή, -όν (πέτομαι), [in Aq.: Job.5:7 * ;] winged; as subst., π., birds: 1Co.15:39.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bird” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BIRD, noun
burd.
- Properly, a chicken, the young of fowls, and hence a small fowl.
- In modern use, any fowl or flying animal.
All definitions and other forms of “bird”
BIRD, verb transitive
To catch birds.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.