UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: πετεινός; -οῦ

Related lemmas: πέτομαι

Sense 1: bird

Semantic entry: 4.38

Semantic domains: Animals

Subdomains: Birds

Definition: any kind of bird, wild or domestic

Notes: All languages have at least some terms for birds, but there may be no generic term which identifies birds while excluding all other creatures which fly. For example, in some languages a term which includes all kinds of birds also includes flying insects and bats. However, since in most instances such a term has birds as its primary reference, it can usually be employed in contexts in which birds are more or less readily identified by other expressions in the passage. In other languages generic terms for birds may identify only certain classes of birds, for example, birds of prey, water birds, and birds of the forest.

Further resources: fauna:3.1; fauna:3.3

MAT 13:4: RV MAT 13:4 · LV MAT 13:4 · Read together MAT 13:4

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4 As he was spreading the seed, some of it fell beside a path, and the birds come and ate that seed.

OET-LV MAT 13:4

4 And in the time to _be _sowing of _him, some on _one _hand fell along the road, and the birds came and devoured them.

MRK 4:4: RV MRK 4:4 · LV MRK 4:4 · Read together MRK 4:4

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4 As he spread it, some landed on the path, and the birds came and fed on it.

OET-LV MRK 4:4

4 And it _became at the time to _be _sowing, some indeed fell along the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:4 · LV MAT 13:4 · Read together MAT 13:4

MRK: RV MRK 4:4 · LV MRK 4:4 · Read together MRK 4:4

LUK: RV LUK 12:24 · LV LUK 12:24 · Read together LUK 12:24

ROM: RV ROM 1:23 · LV ROM 1:23 · Read together ROM 1:23

JAM: RV JAM 3:7 · LV JAM 3:7 · Read together JAM 3:7

Sense 2: birds, wild birds

Semantic entry: 4.41

Semantic domains: Animals

Subdomains: Birds

Definition: (an idiom, literally: birds of the sky) wild birds in contrast with domesticated birds such as chickens

Notes: A literal rendering of πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, either as ‘birds of the air’ or ‘birds of the sky,’ may be misleading, since ‘birds of the air’ might imply that these are birds made out of air, and ‘birds of the sky’ might suggest they are birds which remain always in the sky. In some languages the equivalent expression is ‘birds of the trees’ or ‘birds of the winds.’

Collocations: πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ

MAT 6:26: RV MAT 6:26 · LV MAT 6:26 · Read together MAT 6:26

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