Strong's Lexicon
G4072 — πέτομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4072 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πέτομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | petomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pet'-om-ai (or prolongation petaomai pet-ah'-om-ai, or contracted ptaomai ptah'-om-ai) v. |
| Meaning: | 1. to fly |
| KJV Renderings: | fly(-ing) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πετάομαι, πετωμαι; a doubtful later Greek form for the earlier πέτομαι (see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 581; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii, p. 271f; cf. Winers Grammar, 88 (84); (Buttmann, 65 (58); Veitch, under the word)); to fly: in the N. T. found only in present participle, πετωμενος, Rec. in Rev 4:7; Rev 8:13; Rev 14:6; Rev 19:17, where since Griesbach πετόμενος has been restored.
STRONGS NT 4072: πέτομαιπέτομαι; (from Homer down); the Sept. for òåÌó; to fly: Rev 4:7; Rev 8:13; Rev 12:14; Rev 14:6; Rev 19:17; see πετάομαι.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πέτομαι (fly(-ing))
Revelation 4:7
- KJV: And the first beast like a lion and the second beast like a calf and the third beast had a face as a man and the fourth beast like a flying eagle
- GK: και το ζώον το πρώτον όμοιον λέοντι και το δεύτερον ζώον όμοιον μόσχω και το τρίτον ζώον έχον το πρόσωπον ως άνθρωπος και το τέταρτον ζώον όμοιον αετώ πετωμένω
Revelation 8:13
- KJV: And I beheld and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven saying with a loud voice Woe woe woe to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels are yet to sound
- GK: και είδον και ήκουσα ενός αετου πετομένου εν μεσουρανήματι λέγοντος φωνή μεγάλη ουαί ουαί ουαί τοις κατοικούσιν επί της γης εκ των λοιπών φωνών της σάλπιγγος των τρίων αγγέλων των μελλόντων σαλπίζειν
Revelation 12:14
- KJV: And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness into her place where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time from the face of the serpent
- GK: και εδόθησαν τη γυναικί δύο πτέρυγες του αετού του μεγάλου ίνα πέτηται εις την έρημον εις τον τόπον αυτής όπως τρεφηται εκεί καιρόν και καιρούς και ημισύ καιρού από προσώπου του όφεως
Revelation 14:6
- KJV: And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people
- GK: και είδον άλλον άγγελον πετόμενον εν μεσουρανήματι έχοντα ευαγγέλιον αιώνιον ευαγγελίσαι τους καθημένους επί της γης και επί παν έθνος και φυλήν και γλώσσαν και λαόν
Revelation 19:17
- KJV: And I saw an angel standing in the sun and he cried with a loud voice saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God
- GK: και είδον ένα άγγελον εστώτα εν τω ηλίω και έκραξε φωνή μεγάλη λέγων πάσι τοις ορνέοις τοις πετομένοις εν μεσουρανήματι δεύτε και συνάχθητε εις το δείπνον το μέγα του θεού
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