G4419: πτερύγιον
pterýgion · “pinnacle”
Definition
a winglet, i.e. (figuratively) extremity (top corner)
KJV translates it as: pinnacle
Word origin: neuter of a presumed derivative of G4420 (πτέρυξ);
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4419 is translated
- pinnacle ×2
Bible verses with G4419 (pterýgion)
Pterýgion appears in 2 verses.
- Matthew 4:5
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
- Luke 4:9
And 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: