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ἀετός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀετός, οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
aetos
Simplified transliteration: 
aetos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
105
GK Number: 
108
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
eagle (a noble, powerful bird), vulture (a carrion bird)
Definition: 
an eagle, Rev. 12:14; or vulture, Lk. 17:37

Greek-English Concordance for ἀετός

Matthew 24:28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures (aetoi | ἀετοί | nom pl masc) will gather.
Luke 17:37 Then the disciples said in response, “Where, Lord?” And he said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures (aetoi | ἀετοί | nom pl masc) will be gathered.”
Revelation 4:7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle (aetō | ἀετῷ | dat sg masc).
Revelation 8:13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle (aetou | ἀετοῦ | gen sg masc) crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who live on the earth because of the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”
Revelation 12:14 But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle (aetou | ἀετοῦ | gen sg masc) so she could fly away into the wilderness to the place where she would be taken care of for a time, and times, and half a time, safe from the presence of the serpent.