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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 - The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 - As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:6 - Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:17 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
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