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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πτερύγιον
πτερύγιον
G4419
Transliteration: pterýgion
Pronunciation: pter-oog'-ee-on
Definition: pinnacle
- Original: πτερύγιον - Transliteration: Pterugion - Phonetic: pter-oog'-ee-on
- Definition:
1. a wing, a little wing
2. any pointed extremity
a. of fins of fishes
b. of part of a dress hanging down in the form of a wing
c. of the top of the temple at Jerusalem
- Origin: from a presumed derivative of G4420" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4420 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Neuter of a presumed derivative of G4420" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4420; a winglet that is (figuratively) extremity (top corner): - pinnacle.