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Lexicon :: Strong's G4072 - petomai

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πέτομαι
Transliteration
petomai (Key)
Pronunciation
pet'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of a primary verb
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Strong’s Definitions

†πέτομαι pétomai, pet'-om-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to fly:—fly(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4072 in the following manner: fly (3x), flying (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4072 in the following manner: fly (3x), flying (2x).

  1. to fly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†πέτομαι pétomai, pet'-om-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to fly:—fly(-ing).
STRONGS G4072:
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 Revelation 4:7; Revelation 8:13; Revelation 14:6; Revelation 19:17, where since Griesbach πετόμενος has been restored.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Revelation
4:7; 8:13; 14:6; 19:17

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Strong's Number G4072 matches the Greek πέτομαι (petomai),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:7 - And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying G4072 eagle.

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Then I looked, and I heard [fn]an eagle flying G4072 in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly G4072 into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the [fn]presence of the serpent.

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Then I saw another angel flying G4072 in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who [fn]inhabit the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

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Then I saw [fn]an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly G4072 in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God,

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