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petomai G4072

πέτομαι (petomai) means “to fly” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πέτομαι Greek · G4072 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: pet'-om-ahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4072

πέτομαι · petomai · to fly

πέτομαι [in LXX chiefly for עוּף ;] 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) (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I fly.

John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0

How translators render G4072

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
flying 3
fly 1
in flight 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
a flying 1
fly 1
flying 1
she might fly 1
that fly 1

Verses containing G4072

Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Revelation 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

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  2. Revelation 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”

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  3. Revelation 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

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  4. Revelation 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

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  5. Revelation 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

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Sources and text

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We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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