G2785: κῆτος
kētos · “sea monster”
Definition
a huge fish (as gaping for prey)
KJV translates it as: whale
Word origin: probably from the base of G5490 (χάσμα);
Extended definition
κῆτος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in LXX: Jon.2.1; Jon.2.10 (דָּג) Gen.1:21 (תַּנִּין), etc. ;]
a huge fish, sea-monster: Mat.12:40 (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Jon.2.1; Jon.2.10 (דָּג) Gen.1:21 (תַּנִּין), etc. ;]
a huge fish, sea-monster: Mat.12:40 (LXX).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2785 is translated
- great fish ×1
Bible verses with G2785 (kētos)
Kētos appears in 1 verse.
- Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.