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Koine Greek wordlink #162186

SR GNT Rev 14:6 πετόμενον (petomenon) ‘I saw another messenger flying in midair having’ Strongs=40720 Lemma=petomai
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=middle case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form πετόμενον (V-PPM·AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πετόμενον’ (V-PPM·AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘flying’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘petomai’ have 2 different glosses: ‘she may_be flying’, ‘flying’.

Greek words (4) other than πετόμενον (V-PPM·AMS) with a gloss related to ‘flying’

REV 4:7 πετομένῳ (petomenōi) V-PPM·DMS ‘living_creature similar to an eagle flying’ SR GNT Rev 4:7 word 33

OET-LV: 7 And the living _creature the first was similar to_a_lion, and the second living _creature similar to_a_calf, and the third living _creature having the face as of_a_human, and the fourth living _creature similar to_an_eagle flying. (REV_4:7)

OET-RV: 7 This first living creature resembled a lion, the second resembled a bull, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth one resembled a flying eagle. (REV 4:7)

REV 8:13 πετομένου (petomenou) V-PPM·GMS ‘I heard from one eagle flying in midair saying’ SR GNT Rev 8:13 word 8

OET-LV: 13 And I _looked, and I _heard from _one eagle flying in midair, saying with_a_voice loud: Woe, woe, woe, to _the ones dwelling on the earth, because/for the other voices of _the three trumpet of _the messengers which going to _be _trumpeting. (REV_8:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then as I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying high in the sky, shouting loudly, “Three terrible things will happen to the people who are living on the earth when the three remaining messengers blow their trumpets.” (REV 8:13)

REV 12:14 πέτηται (petaʸtai) V-SPM3··S ‘eagle great in_order_that she may_be flying into the wilderness’ SR GNT Rev 12:14 word 16

OET-LV: 14 And were _given to _the two woman wings of _the eagle the great, in _order _that she _may _be _flying into the wilderness into the place of _her, where she _is _being _nourished there a_time, and times, and a_half of_a_time, from the_face of _the serpent. (REV_12:14)

OET-RV: 14 But two large, eagle wings were given to the woman so that she could fly away to the wilderness, to her place where she’ll be nourished away from the snake for three and a half years. (REV 12:14)

REV 19:17 πετομένοις (petomenois) V-PPM·DNP ‘to all the birds flying in midair come’ SR GNT Rev 19:17 word 20

OET-LV: 17 And I _saw one messenger having _stood in the sun, and he _cried _out with a_voice loud, saying to _all the birds which flying in midair: Come, be _gathered _together to the supper the great of_ the _god, (REV_19:17)

OET-RV: 17 Then I saw a messenger standing in the sun, and he yelled out in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky, “Come and join God’s big feast, (REV 19:17)

Key: V=verb