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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4072 matches the Greek πέτομαι (petomai),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:8 - He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:5 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:12 - If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:5 - As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:21 - Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:1 - Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2 - And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
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