Lexicon aetos: Eagle Original Word: ἀετός Strong's Exhaustive Concordance eagle. From the same as aer; an eagle (from its wind-like flight) -- eagle. see GREEK aer NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definition an eagle NASB Translation eagle (3), vultures (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 105: ἀετόςἀετός, (οῦ, ὁ (like Latinavis, from ἄημι on account of its wind-like flight (cf. Curtius, § 596)) (from Homer down), in the Sept. for נֶשֶׁר, an eagle: Revelation 4:7; Revelation 8:13 (Rec. ἀγγέλου); Revelation 12:14. In Matthew 24:28; Luke 17:37 (as in Job 39:30; Proverbs 30:17) it is better, since eagles are said seldom or never to go in quest of carrion, to understand with many interpreters either thevultur percnopterus, which resembles an eagle (Pliny, h. n. 10, 3 "quarti generis — viz.aquilarum — est percnopterus), or thevultur barbatus. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Adler; (Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 172ff). The meaning of the proverb (cf. examples in Wetstein (1752) on Matthew, the passage cited) quoted in both passages is, 'where there are sinners (cf. πτῶμα), there judgments from heaven will not be wanting'. Forms and Transliterations αετοι αετοί ἀετοί ἀετοὶ αετόν αετός αετου αετού ἀετοῦ αετούς αετω αετώ ἀετῷ αετών aeto aetō aetoi aetoí aetoì aetôi aetō̂i aetou aetoûLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 24:28 N-NMPGRK: συναχθήσονται οἱ ἀετοί NAS: is, there the vultures will gather. KJV: will the eagles be gathered together. INT: will be gathered the vultures Luke 17:37 N-NMP Revelation 4:7 N-DMS Revelation 8:13 N-GMS Revelation 12:14 N-GMS Strong's Greek 105 |
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