4072. petomai

Strong's Lexicon

petomai: To fly

Original Word: πέτομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: petomai
Pronunciation: peh'-toh-my
Phonetic Spelling: (pet'-om-ahee)
Definition: To fly
Meaning: I fly.

Word Origin: A primary verb

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of flying is עוּף (ʿuph), Strong's Hebrew #5774, which also means "to fly" and is used in various Old Testament passages to describe birds and other flying creatures.

Usage: The Greek verb "πέτομαι" (petomai) means "to fly" and is used in the New Testament to describe the action of flying, typically in reference to birds or other creatures capable of flight. It conveys the idea of moving through the air with wings.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient world, flight was often associated with freedom, swiftness, and the divine. Birds were seen as creatures that could traverse the heavens, and their ability to fly was sometimes linked to spiritual or supernatural themes. In the Greco-Roman context, flight could also symbolize escape or deliverance, as well as the majesty and power of the gods.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to fly
NASB Translation
fly (2), flying (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4072: πετάομαι

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.

STRONGS NT 4072: πέτομαιπέτομαι; (from Homer down); the Sept. for עוּף; to fly: Revelation 4:7; Revelation 8:13; Revelation 12:14; Revelation 14:6; Revelation 19:17; see πετάομαι.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

flying.

Or prolongation petaomai (pet-ah'-om-ahee), or contracted ptaomai (ptah'-om-ahee) middle voice of a primary verb; to fly -- fly(-ing).

Forms and Transliterations

επέταντο έπτη πέτανται πετάσθαι πετασθήσονται πετάται πετηται πέτηται πετόμενα πετομενοις πετομένοις πετομενον πετόμενον πετόμενος πετομενου πετομένου πετομενω πετομένῳ πετομένων πέτονται πετώμενοι πετωμένω petetai petētai pétetai pétētai petomeno petomenō petoménoi petoménōi petomenois petoménois petomenon petómenon petomenou petoménou

Englishman's Concordance

Revelation 4:7 V-PPM/P-DMS
GRK: ὅμοιον ἀετῷ πετομένῳ
NAS: creature [was] like a flying eagle.
KJV: beast [was] like a flying eagle.
INT: like eagle a flying

Revelation 8:13 V-PPM/P-GMS
GRK: ἑνὸς ἀετοῦ πετομένου ἐν μεσουρανήματι
NAS: an eagle flying in midheaven,
KJV: angel flying through
INT: one eagle flying in mid-heaven

Revelation 12:14 V-PSM/P-3S
GRK: μεγάλου ἵνα πέτηται εἰς τὴν
NAS: so that she could fly into the wilderness
KJV: that she might fly into
INT: great that she might fly into the

Revelation 14:6 V-PPM/P-AMS
GRK: ἄλλον ἄγγελον πετόμενον ἐν μεσουρανήματι
NAS: angel flying in midheaven,
KJV: angel fly in
INT: another angel flying in mid-heaven

Revelation 19:17 V-PPM/P-DNP
GRK: ὀρνέοις τοῖς πετομένοις ἐν μεσουρανήματι
NAS: the birds which fly in midheaven,
KJV: the fowls that fly in
INT: birds which fly in mid-heaven

Strong's Greek 4072
5 Occurrences

πέτηται — 1 Occ.
πετομένῳ — 1 Occ.
πετομένοις — 1 Occ.
πετόμενον — 1 Occ.
πετομένου — 1 Occ.