Word Study · Strong's G4419 · Greek

πτερύγιον

pterygion

pter-oog'-ee-on

Strong's 1890 spelling: pterýgion

“a winglet, i.e. (figuratively) extremity (top corner)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a winglet, i.e. (figuratively) extremity (top corner)

Rendered in the KJV as

pinnacle.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
1
inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

πτερύγιον2

How it is rendered · 1

pinnacle2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular2

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N-ASN · 2

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Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 2 · 50%
Luke1 of 2 · 50%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 4:5πτερύγιονpterugionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.here: pinnacle

Luke1 occurrence

Luke 4:9πτερύγιονpterugionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.here: pinnacle

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