STRONGS G4419:
πτερύγιον,
πτερυγίου,
τό (diminutive of
πτέρυξ, which see), the
Sept. for
כָּנָף;
1. a wing, little wing.
2. any pointed extremity (of the fins of fish,
סַנְפִּיר,
Leviticus 11:9-12;
Deuteronomy 14:9,
10;
Aristotle,
Theophrastus; of a part of the dress hanging down in the form of a wing,
Ruth 3:9;
1 Samuel 24:5; (
Numbers 15:38);
Pollux 7, 14, 62):
τό πτερύγιον τοῦ ναοῦ and
τοῦ ἱεροῦ, the top of the temple at Jerusalem,
Hegesippus (circa ) quoted in
Eusebius,
h. e. 2, 23, 11;
τοῦ ἱεροῦ,
Matthew 4:5;
Luke 4:9; some understand this of the top or apex of the sanctuary (
τοῦ ναοῦ), others of the top of Solomon's porch, and others of the top of the Royal Portico; this last
Josephus (Antiquities 15, 11, 5) says was of such great height
ὡς εἰ ἀπ' ἄκρου τοῦ ταύτης τέγους ἄμφω συντιθεις τά βάθη διοπτευοι σκοτοδινιαν,
οὐκ ἐξικνουμενης τῆς ὄψεως εἰς ἀμέτρητον τόν βυθόν; (cf.
Recovery of Jerusalem, especially chapter v.).
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