Strong G105ἀετός
eagle
- Transliteration
- aetos
- Pronunciation
- ah-et-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the same as G109; an eagle (from its wind like flight): - eagle.
Detailed definition
ἀετός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX for נֶשֶׁר;]
an eagle: Rev.4:7 8:13 (Rec. ἀγγέλου) 12:14. Where carrion is referred to, ἀ. is probably a vulture (cf. Job.39:30, Pro.30:17): Mat.24:28, Luk.17:37 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX for נֶשֶׁר;]
an eagle: Rev.4:7 8:13 (Rec. ἀγγέλου) 12:14. Where carrion is referred to, ἀ. is probably a vulture (cf. Job.39:30, Pro.30:17): Mat.24:28, Luk.17:37 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G105 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eagle4
First verses
- Matthew 24:28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
- Luke 17:37And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
- Revelation 4:7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
- Revelation 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀετός,
Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, Ionic dialect, and early Attic dialect αἰετός (see. near the end), οῦ, ὁ, eagle, as a bird of omen, αἰ. τελειότατον πετεηνῶν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.247, compare 12.201, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.146 (compare 11))]: favourite of Zeus, ὅστε σοὶ αὐτῷ φίλτατος οἰωνῶν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.310, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.6; Διὸς.. πτηνὸς κύων, δαφοινὸς αἰ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1022, compare “Ag.” 136; ὁ σκηπτροβάμων αἰ., κύων Διός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 885:—proverbial, αἰετὸς ἐν ποτανοῖς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.80)]; αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλαισι, of a thing quite out of reach, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 987)]; ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι (see. μαιεύομαι):—the different kinds are distinguished by specific names, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 618b18sqq.)]
2 eagle as a standard, of the Persians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.4)]; of the Romans, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 23, etc.)]
3 the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Aquila”, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 591, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 27, etc.)]
II omen, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 26.31.)]
III eagle-ray, Myliobatis aquila, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 540b18.)]
IV in Architecture, gable, pediment (from its resemblance to outspread wings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).519), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1110, ubi see Scholia, “IG” 1.322 ii 80, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.21, “fragment” 53, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 764; ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀετὸν ὑπελθεῖν)]come under the same roof, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.644 (Bruttii, 3rd c.BC).)]
V name of bandage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 12.508C.)]
VI temporal vein (Magna Graecia), Philistionap.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 201.)]
VII iron part of spoke of wheel, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.145, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VIII Astrology texts and Magic, fabulous plant growing in Libya, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Pamphilus Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.798, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.222. (αἰετός)] in early Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 1.322ii80, 2.1054.39; αἰητός 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 522, variant in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.4)]; αἰβετός (i.e. αἰϝετός) [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus) [ᾱ always.])]
Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, Ionic dialect, and early Attic dialect αἰετός (see. near the end), οῦ, ὁ, eagle, as a bird of omen, αἰ. τελειότατον πετεηνῶν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.247, compare 12.201, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.146 (compare 11))]: favourite of Zeus, ὅστε σοὶ αὐτῷ φίλτατος οἰωνῶν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.310, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.6; Διὸς.. πτηνὸς κύων, δαφοινὸς αἰ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1022, compare “Ag.” 136; ὁ σκηπτροβάμων αἰ., κύων Διός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 885:—proverbial, αἰετὸς ἐν ποτανοῖς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.80)]; αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλαισι, of a thing quite out of reach, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 987)]; ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι (see. μαιεύομαι):—the different kinds are distinguished by specific names, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 618b18sqq.)]
2 eagle as a standard, of the Persians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.4)]; of the Romans, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 23, etc.)]
3 the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Aquila”, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 591, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 27, etc.)]
II omen, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 26.31.)]
III eagle-ray, Myliobatis aquila, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 540b18.)]
IV in Architecture, gable, pediment (from its resemblance to outspread wings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).519), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1110, ubi see Scholia, “IG” 1.322 ii 80, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.21, “fragment” 53, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 764; ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀετὸν ὑπελθεῖν)]come under the same roof, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.644 (Bruttii, 3rd c.BC).)]
V name of bandage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 12.508C.)]
VI temporal vein (Magna Graecia), Philistionap.[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 201.)]
VII iron part of spoke of wheel, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.145, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VIII Astrology texts and Magic, fabulous plant growing in Libya, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Pamphilus Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.798, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.222. (αἰετός)] in early Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 1.322ii80, 2.1054.39; αἰητός 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 522, variant in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.4)]; αἰβετός (i.e. αἰϝετός) [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus) [ᾱ always.])]