Greek · G4072 · unreviewed

πέτομαι

To fly

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πέτομαι G4072

Pronunciation pétomai

What does πέτομαι (pétomai) mean in the Bible?

πέτομαι (pétomai) is a Greek word meaning "to fly". πέτομαι [in LXX chiefly for עוּף ;] to fly: Rev.

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Meaning

to fly

Extended definition

to fly: Rev.4:7 8:13 12:14 14:6 19:17 (Rec. πετάομαι, which see). πετάομαι, [in LXX: Deu.4:17 * ;] false form of ποτάομαι, poët., frequentat. of πέτομαι (Aristoph., al.), Rec. for πέτομαι (which see, cf. Veitch, see word)

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

subjunctive 1 participle 4

Tense

present 5

Voice

middle 5

Mood

participle 4 subjunctive 1

NT Occurrences

Revelation 4:7 πετομένῳ present middle participle participle Revelation 8:13 πετομένου present middle participle participle Revelation 12:14 πέτηται present middle subjunctive subjunctive Revelation 14:6 πετόμενον present middle participle participle Revelation 19:17 πετομένοις present middle participle participle

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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