πετεινός peteinos

Greek word for “bird” · Strong’s G4071 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

πετεινός, -ή, -όν; (πέτομαι);

How it is translated

Glosses given for peteinos in context, with how often each is used:

• birds 13
• birds? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (2), Mark 4 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 8 (1), Luke 8 (1), Luke 9 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 13 (1), Acts 10 (1), Acts 11 (1)

Forms

• πετεινὰ 11
• πετεινῶν 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with peteinos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σπείρω speirō “to sow” 6
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 9
• ἑρπετόν herpeton “reptile” 4
• τετράπους tetrapous “four-footed” 3
• κατασκηνόω kataskēnoō “to dwell” 3
• κλάδος klados “branch” 3
• κατεσθίω katesthiō “to devour” 3
• φωλεός phōleos “den” 2
• κατασκήνωσις kataskēnōsis “dwelling place” 2
• ἀλώπηξ alōpēx “fox” 2
• λάχανον lachanon “plant” 2
• μέν men “on the other hand” 4

Key verses

The verses using peteinos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:26 — Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than…
• Matthew 8:20 — And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
• Matthew 13:4 — And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
• Matthew 13:32 — Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge…
• Mark 4:4 — And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
• Mark 4:32 — But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the…
• Luke 8:5 — A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
• Luke 9:58 — And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
• Luke 12:24 — Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
• Luke 13:19 — It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the…
• Acts 10:12 — Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
• Romans 1:23 — And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.