Quick Definition
I fly
Strong's Definition
to fly
Derivation: middle voice of a primary verb;
KJV Usage: fly(-ing)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 Rev_4:7; Rev_8:13; Rev_14:6; Rev_19:17, where since Griesbach πετόμενος has been restored.
STRONGS NT 4072: πέτομαιπέτομαι; (from Homer down); the Sept. for ςεΜσ; to fly: Rev_4:7; Rev_8:13; Rev_12:14; Rev_14:6; Rev_19:17; see πετάομαι.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πέτομαι petomai 5x
also spelled πετάομαι , to fly, Rev_4:7 ; Rev_8:13 ; Rev_12:14 ; Rev_14:6 ; Rev_19:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πέτομαι ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5774 ;]
to fly: Rev_4:7 ; Rev_8:13 ; Rev_12:14 ; Rev_14:6 ; Rev_19:17 ( Rec. πετάομαι , q.v. ).†
πετάομαι ,
[in LXX : Deu_4:17 * ;]
false form of ποτάομαι , poλt., frequentat. of πέτομαι ( Aristoph ., al. ), Rec. for πέτομαι ( q.v. , cf. Veitch , s.v. ).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πέτομαι [page 511]
P Iand 13 .25 (iv/A.D.) χαρίζων μοι πετόμενος ἔρχαι̣ο̣, for my sake fly and come to me. The editor compares Cic. ad Att. ii. 24. 5 te rogo, ut plane ad nos advoles. For the literal use of the word we may cite an Ephesian inscr. from the beginning of v/B.C., relating to augury Syll 801 (= .3 1167) .1 ff. ἐγ μὲν τῆς δεξιῆς ἐς τὴν ἀριστερὴν πετόμεν ]ος , ἢμ μὲν ἀποκρύψε [ι , δε ]ξιός , in flying from right to lelt, if a bird conceal its wing, it is of good omen.
For the varied forms which this verb exhibits in Rev, the only book of the NT in which it is found, see Blass-Debrunner p. 60, where they are referred to an undefined pres. stem πετ : cf. Helbing Gr. p. 83. See also the letter from a slave to her absent master, P Giss I. 17 .11 (time of Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. P. 566 ) ὤφελον εἰ ἐδυνάμεθα πέτασθαι καὶ ἐλθεῖν καὶ προσκυνῆσαί σε , would that I could fly and come and do obeisance to you! where πέτασθαι may be pres. inf. from πέταμαι (late prose form), or possibly = πτάσθαι , 1 aor. of πέτομαι . MGr πετειοῦμαι , πετῶ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πέτομαι [Etym: πτάς as if from ἵπτημι] "to fly", of birds, bees, gnats, etc., Hom. , etc.:—then, of arrows, stones, javelins, etc., Il. : also of any quick motion, "to fly along, dart, rush", of men, id=Il. , etc. metaph. "to be on the wing, flutter", Lat. volitare, of uncertain hopes, Pind. , Soph. ; of fickle natures, Eur. ; ὄρνις πετόμενος a bird "ever on the wing", Ar. ; πετόμενόν τινα διώκεις "you are chasing a butterfly" Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)
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