ΠΤΕΡΥΣΣΟΜΕΝΑΙ, πτερυσσομεναι
PTERYSSOMENAI, pteryssomenai
Sounds Like: pter-y-SSO-me-nai
Translations: flapping, fluttering, flying
From the root: ΠΤΕΡΥΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, meaning 'flapping' or 'fluttering.' It describes something that is in the process of moving its wings, often in a rapid or agitated manner. It can be used to describe birds, angels, or other winged creatures in motion.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Plural, Feminine, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4420 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezekiel — 1:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΕΡΥΣΣΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΤΕΡΥΞΕΙΝ — to fly, to cause to fly, to flutter, to flap wings
- ΠΤΕΡΥΣΣΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of flapping, of flying, of fluttering
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