What does ἀετός (aetós) mean in the Bible?
ἀετός (aetós) is a Greek word meaning "an eagle (from its wind-like flight)".
Greek · G105
ἀετός
An eagle (from its wind-like flight)
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ἀετόςG105
Pronunciationaetós
What does ἀετός (aetós) mean in the Bible?
ἀετός (aetós) is a Greek word meaning "an eagle (from its wind-like flight)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G105?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include eagle (2), vultures (2), an eagle (1).
Where does ἀετός (aetós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Iteagle2×Revelation 8:13, Revelation 12:14
vultures2×Matthew 24:28, Luke 17:37
an eagle1×Revelation 4:7
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 24:28ἀετοίtovulturesNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralLuke 17:37ἀετοὶtovulturesNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralRevelation 4:7ἀετῷtoan eagleNoun - Dative Masculine SingularRevelation 8:13ἀετοῦtoeagleNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularRevelation 12:14ἀετοῦtoeagleNoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 24:28
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Matthew1Luke1Revelation3
Source forms
ἀετοῦ2xaetouRevelation 8:13, Revelation 12:14
ἀετοί1xaetoiMatthew 24:28
ἀετοὶ1xaetoiLuke 17:37
ἀετῷ1xaetōRevelation 4:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular2xRevelation 8:13, Revelation 12:14
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural2xMatthew 24:28, Luke 17:37
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xRevelation 4:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. an eagle (from its wind-like flight)
Strong'sG105
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
an eagle (from its wind-like flight)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:28Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀετοί.aetoi
an eagle, bird of prey
Read verseLuke 17:37Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀετοί.aetoi
an eagle, bird of prey
Read verseRevelation 4:7Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἀετῷaetw
an eagle, bird of prey
Read verseRevelation 12:14Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀετοῦaetou
an eagle, bird of prey
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 24:28 · Luke 17:372×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineRev 8:13 · Rev 12:142×
Dative · Singular · MasculineRev 4:71×
Word Origins
ἀετός is built from this root:
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