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Notes: The precise meaning of πτερύγιον in OET MAT 4:5 and OET LUK 4:9 is uncertain. Some scholars have proposed lintel or superstructure of the gate of the Temple.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: πτερύγιον; -ου

Related lemmas: πτέρυξ

Sense 1: pinnacle, summit (of the Temple)

Semantic entry: 7.53

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings

Definition: the tip or high point of a building{N:001}

Further resources: realia:3.14.1.5

Show passage in OET: MAT 4:5

OET-RV MAT 4:5

5 Then the devil took him to Yerushalem (Jerusalem), and stood him on the highest point of the temple

OET-LV MAT 4:5

5 Then the devil is _taking him to the holy city, and stood him on the pinnacle of _the temple,

Show passage in OET: LUK 4:9

OET-RV LUK 4:9

9 Then the devil led him to Yerushalem (Jerusalem) and they stood on the highest part of the temple, where he told him, “If you’re God’s son, throw yourself down from here,

OET-LV LUK 4:9

9 And he _led him to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and stood on the pinnacle of _the temple, and he _said to _him:
If you _are the_son of_ the _god, throw yourself down from _here,

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πτερύγιον

Form 1

Sense 1: pinnacle, summit (of the Temple)