πετεινόνpeteinón
a flying animal, i.e. bird
Greek (New Testament) · G4071
Meanings
in trag., Ion. and late writers, winged, flying; as as a noun, τὸ π., a winged fowl, a bird: plural, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 8:20, Matthew 13:4, Matthew 13:32, Mark 4:4, Mark 4:32, Luke 8:5, Luke 9:58, Luke 12:24, Luke 13:19, Acts 10:12, Acts 11:6, Romans 1:23, James 3:7.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
- Matthew 8:20 But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”
- Matthew 13:4 As he scattered them across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them.
- Matthew 13:32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants; it grows into a tree, and birds come and make nests in its branches.”
- Mark 4:4 As he scattered it across his field, some of the seed fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate it.
- Mark 4:32 but it becomes the largest of all garden plants; it grows long branches, and birds can make nests in its shade.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.