Bible Dictionary: Wing

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.

2. (n.) Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.

3. (n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.

4. (n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.

5. (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.

6. (n.) Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.

7. (n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in wing-like motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.

8. (n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

9. (n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.

10. (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.

11. (n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.

12. (n.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.

13. (n.) One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.

14. (n.) A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.

15. (n.) The longer side of crown works, etc., connecting them with the main work.

16. (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

17. (n.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.

18. (n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.

19. (n.) One of the sides of the stags in a theater.

20. (v. t.) To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.

21. (v. t.) To supply with wings or sidepieces.

22. (v. t.) To transport by flight; to cause to fly.

23. (v. t.) To move through in flight; to fly through.

24. (v. t.) To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.

Greek

4420. pterux -- a wing
... a wing. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pterux Phonetic Spelling:
(pter'-oox) Short Definition: a wing Definition: a wing, pinion. ...
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4419. pterugion -- a little wing, hence (anything like a wing) a ...
... a little wing, hence (anything like a wing) a battlement. Part of Speech: Noun,
Neuter Transliteration: pterugion Phonetic Spelling: (pter-oog'-ee-on) Short ...
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4439. pule -- a gate
... a gate, porch. Apparently a primary word; a gate, ie The leaf or wing of a folding
entrance (literally or figuratively) -- gate. (pulai) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3671. kanaph -- wing, extremity
... 3670, 3671. kanaph. 3672 . wing, extremity. Transliteration: kanaph
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-nawf') Short Definition: wings. Word ...
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1611. gaph -- wing (of a bird)
... gaph. 1612 . wing (of a bird). Transliteration: gaph Phonetic Spelling: (gaf)
Short Definition: wings. ... wing. (Aramaic) corresponding to gaph; a wing -- wing. ...
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6731. tsiyts -- perhaps wings
... 6730, 6731. tsiyts. 6731a . perhaps wings. Transliteration: tsiyts Phonetic
Spelling: (tseets) Short Definition: blossom. blossom, flower, plate, wing ...
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84. ebrah -- a pinion
... of eber Definition a pinion NASB Word Usage pinion (1), pinions (3). feather, wing.
Feminine of 'eber -- feather, wing. see HEBREW 'eber. 83, 84. ebrah. 85 > ...
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6734. tsitsith -- a tassel, lock
... fringe, lock. Feminine of tsiyts; a floral or wing-like projection, ie A forelock
of hair, a tassel -- fringe, lock. see HEBREW tsiyts. 6733, 6734. ...
/hebrew/6734.htm - 6k

83. eber -- pinions
... pinions (1), wings (2). long-winged. From 'abar; a pinion -- (long-)wing(-ed).
see HEBREW 'abar. 82, 83. eber. 84 . Strong's Numbers.
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3326. yatsua -- a couch, bed
... bed, lean-to. Passive participle of yatsa'; spread, ie A bed; (architecture) an
extension, ie Wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively): ...
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5133. notsah -- plumage
... Or notsah {no-tsaw'}; feminine active participle of natsah in the sense of flying;
a pinion (or wing feather); often (collectively) plumage -- feather(-s ...
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Library

The Sheltering Wing
... VOLUME II: PSALMS LI to CXLV THE SHELTERING WING. ... There is the covering wing; there
is the flight to its protection; and there is the warrant for that flight. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the sheltering wing.htm

Of the Lightness of the Soul which May be Compared to a Wing or ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter IV. Of the lightness of the
soul which may be compared to a wing or feather. For the ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter iv of the lightness.htm

Origin of the World; Basilides' Account of the "Sonship. "
... described in poetry,". "..As wing or thought," [823] ". and attained,
he says, unto him that is nonexistent. For every nature ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter x origin of the world.htm

That Bacchides was Again Sent Out against Judas; and How Judas ...
... He set the horsemen on both the wings, and the light soldiers and the archers he
placed before the whole army, but he was himself on the right wing. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 11 that bacchides was.htm

Tenderness.
... being in those poor, defenseless, dependent, little creatures, as they creep under
and feel themselves overshadowed by the capacious and kindly wing of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/tenderness.htm

"Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me. "
... Nin dah zhe be koom, Je sus, Kah zhe shin suh ke yuh wing; Pah tah ze yon, kuh ke
nuh, Ween ga no je mo e shin; Ewh ne be kuh ya me squee, Wan je je wung, ke ...
/.../nuhguhmoowin 13 6 lines 7s.htm

Herod Takes Sepphoris and Subdues the Robbers that were in the ...
... that of warriors, but their boldness was the boldness of robbers: when therefore
it came to a pitched battle, they put to flight Herod's left wing with their ...
/.../chapter 16 herod takes sepphoris.htm

Building a Great Temple
... The height of each was fifteen feet. Each of their wings measured seven and a half
feet across, fifteen feet from the end of one wing to the end of the other. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/building a great temple.htm

The New Song
... The general's cautious eye marks that there the left wing has driven the adversary
back, but for that right wing bring up the reserves, let not the ranks be ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/the new song.htm

The Struggle for Life
... more keen. Its supplies are exhausted, and it has to take wing for hundreds
and thousands of miles to find new hunting-ground. This ...
/.../the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/chapter vi the struggle for.htm

Thesaurus

Wing (18 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing. ... 9. (n.) Any appendage resembling
the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. 10. ...
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Cherub (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 6:24 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other
wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost ...
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Reaching (22 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 3:11 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of
the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the ...
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Cherubs (52 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 6:27 and he setteth the cherubs in the midst of the inner house, and they
spread out the wings of the cherubs, and a wing of the one cometh against the ...
/c/cherubs.htm - 22k

Wings (81 Occurrences)
... and every beast after its kind, and every creeping thing that is creeping on the
earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird -- every wing. ...
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Pinion (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A feather; a quill. 3. (n.) A wing, literal or figurative. 4. (n.) The joint
of bird's wing most remote from the body. 5. (n.) A fetter for the arm. ...
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Wingspan (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Chronicles 3:11 And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing
of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the ...
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Refuse (103 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank),
out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy; as ...
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Extended (40 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 3:11 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of
the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the ...
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Pinnacle (2 Occurrences)
... A little wing, (Matthew 4:5; Luke 4:9). On the southern side of the temple court
was a range of porches or cloisters forming three arcades. ...
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Bible Concordance

Wing (18 Occurrences)

Genesis 1:21 God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
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Genesis 7:14 they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and all fowl after its kind every bird of every wing.
(DBY YLT NIV)

Exodus 27:14 the hangings on the one wing, of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.
(DBY)

Exodus 27:15 And on the other wing hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.
(DBY)

Exodus 38:14 the hangings on the one wing of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three;
(DBY)

Exodus 38:15 and on the other wing, on this side as on that side of the gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three.
(DBY)

1 Kings 6:24 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
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1 Kings 6:27 He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 3:11 The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 3:12 The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 39:13 "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
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Ecclesiastes 10:20 Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.
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Isaiah 10:14 My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped."
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Ezekiel 1:11 Their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
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Ezekiel 17:23 in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell.
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Ezekiel 39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples that are with thee: I have given thee to be meat for the birds of prey of every wing, and to the beasts of the field.
(DBY YLT)

Ezekiel 39:17 And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every wing, and to every beast of the field, Gather yourselves together and come, assemble yourselves on every side to my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
(DBY YLT)

Daniel 9:27 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out on the desolate.
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Subtopics

Wing

Related Terms

Cherub (21 Occurrences)

Reaching (22 Occurrences)

Cherubs (52 Occurrences)

Wings (81 Occurrences)

Pinion (4 Occurrences)

Wingspan (1 Occurrence)

Refuse (103 Occurrences)

Extended (40 Occurrences)

Pinnacle (2 Occurrences)