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Wing

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πτέρυξ

(Strong's #4420 — Noun Feminine — pterux — pter'-oox )

is used of birds, Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34; symbolically in Revelation 12:14 , RV, "the two wings of the great eagle" (AV, "two wings of a great eagle"), suggesting the definiteness of the action, the "wings" indicating rapidity and protection, an allusion, perhaps, to Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11,12; of the "living creatures" in a vision, Revelation 4:8; 9:9 . Cp. pterugion, "a pinnacle."

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Wing'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​w/wing.html. 1940.
 
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