Quick Definition
a bird
Strong's Definition
a flying animal, i.e. bird
Derivation: neuter of a derivative of G4072 (πέτομαι);
KJV Usage: bird, fowl
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πετεινός, πετεινη, πετεινόν (Attic for πετηνος, from πέτομαι),.flying, winged; in the N. T. found only in neuter plural πετεινά and τά πετεινά, as a substantive, flying or winged animals, birds: Mat_13:4; Mar_4:4 (G L T Tr WH); Luk_12:24; Rom_1:23; Jas_3:7; τά πετεινά τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (the Sept. for δΗωΘΡξΗιΔν ςεσ; see οὐρανός, 1 b.), the birds of heaven, i. e. flying in the heavens (air), Mat_6:26; Mat_8:20; Mat_13:32; Mar_4:4 (Rec), ; Luk_8:5; Luk_9:58; Luk_13:19; Act_10:12 (here L T Tr WH omit τά); . ((Theognis, Herodotus, others.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πετεινόν peteinon 14x
a bird, fowl, Mat_6:26 ; Mat_8:20 bird.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πετεινός , -ή , -όν
( < πέτομαι ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5775 ;]
in trag., Ion . and late writers, winged, flying; as subst ., τὸ Papyri, a winged fowl, a bird: pl ., Mat_6:26 ; Mat_8:20 ; Mat_13:4 ; Mat_13:32 , Mar_4:4 ; Mar_4:32 , Luk_8:5 ; Luk_9:58; Luk_12:24; Luk_13:19 , Act_10:12 ; Act_11:6 , Rom_1:23 , Jas_3:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πετεινός (~ πετεινόν ) [page 510]
flying, or as a neut. subst. a bird : Ostr 1523 .3 (B.C. 127 6) ἔχω παρὰ σοῦ τὸ τῶν πετεινῶν , P Leid W vi. 36 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 101) ἐὰν ἐπίπῃς ( l. ἐπείπῃς ) ἐπὶ πάντος πετι (= ει )νοῦ εἰς τὸ ὤτιον , τελευτήσει . See also the new Logion P Oxy IV. p. 5 (= White Sayings , p. 8).
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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