What does πέτομαι (pétomai) mean in the Bible?
πέτομαι (pétomai) is a Greek word meaning "to fly".
Greek · G4072
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".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4072?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include flying (3), fly (1), in flight (1).
Where does πέτομαι (pétomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 4:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (5).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It flying 3× Revelation 8:13, Revelation 14:6, Revelation 19:17
fly 1× Revelation 12:14
in flight 1× Revelation 4:7
Show sample aligned rows
Revelation 4:7 πετομένῳ to in flight Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Singular Revelation 8:13 πετομένου to flying Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 12:14 πέτηται to fly Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Revelation 14:6 πετόμενον to flying Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular Revelation 19:17 πετομένοις to flying Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 4:7
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 1
Revelation 5
Source forms
πέτηται 1x petētai Revelation 12:14
πετομένοις 1x petomenois Revelation 19:17
πετόμενον 1x petomenon Revelation 14:6
πετομένου 1x petomenou Revelation 8:13
πετομένῳ 1x petomenō Revelation 4:7
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 14:6
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 4:7
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 19:17
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 8:13
Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Revelation 12:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to fly
Source Gloss
to fly
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 4:7 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Dative Singular Masculine
πετωμένῳ. petwmenw
I fly
Read verse Revelation 8:13 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Genitive Singular Masculine
πετωμένου petwmenou
I fly
Read verse Revelation 12:14 Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Subjunctive
πέτηται pethtai
I fly
Read verse Revelation 14:6 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Accusative Singular Masculine
πετώμενον petwmenon
I fly
Read verse Revelation 19:17 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Dative Plural Neuter
πετωμένοις petwmenoiv
I fly
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
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)
Word Origins
πέτομαι is a primary verb - no further derivation.
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain