King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4072
Transliteration: petomai
Phonetic Spelling: (pet'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fly
Meaning: to fly
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.
Word Summary
petomai: to fly
Original Word: πέτομαιTransliteration: petomai
Phonetic Spelling: (pet'-om-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fly
Meaning: to fly
Strong's 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).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4072: πετάομαιπετάομαι, 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.