petomai · fly

What it means

petomai (πέτομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “fly”.

Move through the air.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To move through the air on wings.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• fly ×2
• flying ×2
• flight ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Revelation 4:7

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

• Revelation 8:13

  And I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who live on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to blow!”

• Revelation 12:14

  And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished there for a time and times and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent.

• Revelation 14:6

  And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having eternal good news to proclaim to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,

• Revelation 19:17

  And I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in midheaven, “Come, gather for the great supper of God,