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It is often employed in contexts that highlight God's provision and care for His creation, as well as in parables and teachings of Jesus to illustrate spiritual truths.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, birds were a common part of the natural landscape and were often observed for their behaviors and characteristics. They were seen as symbols of freedom and divine provision. In Jewish tradition, birds were also part of the sacrificial system, with certain birds being considered clean or unclean according to Levitical law.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from peteinos; from <a href="/greek/4072.htm">petomai</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>winged<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>birds (14).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4071: πετεινός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πετεινός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πετεινη</span>, <span class="greek2">πετεινόν</span> (Attic for <span class="greek2">πετηνος</span>, from <span class="greek2">πέτομαι</span>),.<span class="accented">flying, winged</span>; in the N. T. found only in neuter plural <span class="greek2">πετεινά</span> and <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">πετεινά</span>, as a substantive, <span class="accented">flying or winged animals, birds</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-4.htm">Matthew 13:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-4.htm">Mark 4:4</a> (<span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>); <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-24.htm">Luke 12:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-23.htm">Romans 1:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/james/3-7.htm">James 3:7</a>; <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">πετεινά</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">οὐρανοῦ</span> (the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">הַשָׁמַיִם</span> <span class="hebrew">עוף</span>; see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">οὐρανός</span></span>, 1 b.), the birds of heaven, i. e. flying in the heavens (air), <a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-20.htm">Matthew 8:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-32.htm">Matthew 13:32</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-4.htm">Mark 4:4</a> (Rec), <BIBLE/VERSE_ONLY:Mark 4:32>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/8-5.htm">Luke 8:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/9-58.htm">Luke 9:58</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-19.htm">Luke 13:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/10-12.htm">Acts 10:12</a> (here <span class="manuref">L</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> omit <span class="greek2">τά</span>); <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Acts 11:6>. ((<span class="abbreviation">Theognis</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span>, others.))<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bird, fowl. <p>Neuter of a derivative of <a href="/greek/4072.htm">petomai</a>; a flying animal, i.e. Bird -- bird, fowl. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4072.htm">petomai</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πετεινα πετεινά πετεινὰ πετεινοίς πετεινόν πετεινού πετεινώ πετεινων πετεινών πετεινῶν peteina peteinà peteinon peteinôn peteinōn peteinō̂n<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/6-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 6:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Look <span class="itali">at the birds</span> of the air,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Behold <span class="itali">the fowls</span> of the air: for<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/6-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> at the <span class="itali">birds</span> of the air<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/8-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 8:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural">N-NNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> holes <span class="itali">and the birds</span> of the air<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">the birds</span> of the air<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/8-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">birds</span> of the air<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural">N-NNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐλθόντα τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> κατέφαγεν αὐτά</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the road, <span class="itali">and the birds</span> came<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the way side, and <span class="itali">the fowls</span> came and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having come the <span class="itali">birds</span> [and] devoured them<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐλθεῖν τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> so <span class="itali">that THE BIRDS</span> OF THE AIR<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> so that <span class="itali">the birds</span> of the air<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> come the <span class="itali">birds</span> of the air<p><b><a href="/text/mark/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 4:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural">N-NNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἦλθεν τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> καὶ κατέφαγεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the road, <span class="itali">and the birds</span> came<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">the fowls</span> of the air<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> came the <span class="itali">birds</span> and devoured<p><b><a href="/text/mark/4-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 4:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτοῦ τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> so <span class="itali">that THE BIRDS</span> OF THE AIR<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> so that <span class="itali">the fowls</span> of the air<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of it the <span class="itali">birds</span> of the air<p><b><a href="/text/luke/8-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 8:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural">N-NNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and it was trampled under foot <span class="itali">and the birds</span> of the air<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">the fowls</span> of the air<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/8-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">birds</span> of the air<p><b><a href="/text/luke/9-58.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 9:58</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural">N-NNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> holes <span class="itali">and the birds</span> of the air<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">birds</span> of the air<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/9-58.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">birds</span> of the air<p><b><a href="/text/luke/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 12:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">διαφέρετε τῶν <b>πετεινῶν</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> more valuable <span class="itali">you are than the birds!</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ye better than <span class="itali">the fowls?</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> are valuable than the <span class="itali">birds</span><p><b><a href="/text/luke/13-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 13:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural">N-NNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a tree, <span class="itali">and THE BIRDS</span> OF THE AIR<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> tree; and <span class="itali">the fowls</span> of the air lodged<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">birds</span> of the air<p><b><a href="/text/acts/10-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 10:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural">N-NNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γῆς καὶ <b>πετεινὰ</b> τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the earth <span class="itali">and birds</span> of the air.<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> creeping things, and <span class="itali">fowls</span> of the air.<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/10-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> earth and <span class="itali">birds</span> of heaven<p><b><a href="/text/acts/11-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 11:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὰ <b>πετεινὰ</b> τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the crawling creatures <span class="itali">and the birds</span> of the air.<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> creeping things, and <span class="itali">fowls</span> of the air.<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/11-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">birds</span> of the air<p><b><a href="/text/romans/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀνθρώπου καὶ <b>πετεινῶν</b> καὶ τετραπόδων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> man <span class="itali">and of birds</span> and four-footed animals<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">to birds,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> man and <span class="itali">of birds</span> and quadrapeds<p><b><a href="/text/james/3-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 3:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural">N-GNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τε καὶ <b>πετεινῶν</b> ἑρπετῶν τε</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of beasts <span class="itali">and birds,</span> of reptiles<br><a href="/kjvs/james/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">of birds,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/james/3-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> both and <span class="itali">of birds</span> of creeping things both<p><b><a href="/greek/4071.htm">Strong's Greek 4071</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4071.htm">14 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/peteina_4071.htm">πετεινὰ — 11 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/peteino_n_4071.htm">πετεινῶν — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4070.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4070"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4070" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4072.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4072"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4072" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>