Strong G2785κῆτος
sea monster
- Transliteration
- kētos
- Pronunciation
- kay'-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Probably from the base of G5490; a huge fish (as gaping for prey): - whale.
Detailed 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)
In the Bible
Strong G2785 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- whale1
First verses
- Matthew 12:40For 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.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κῆτος, εος, τό,
any sea-monster or huge fish, δελφῖνάς τε κύνας τε καὶ εἴ ποθι μεῖζον ἑλῃσι κῆτος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.97, compare 5.421, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.147, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.116)]; of seals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.446, 452)]; of the monster to which Andromeda was exposed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 121, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 556, “Th.” 1033)]; of the tunny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 34.3.)]
2 in Natural History, of the spouting cetacea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 566b2, “PA” 669a8, 697a16.)]
II name of a constellation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 354, 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.20.)]
any sea-monster or huge fish, δελφῖνάς τε κύνας τε καὶ εἴ ποθι μεῖζον ἑλῃσι κῆτος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.97, compare 5.421, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.147, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.116)]; of seals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.446, 452)]; of the monster to which Andromeda was exposed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 121, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 556, “Th.” 1033)]; of the tunny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 34.3.)]
2 in Natural History, of the spouting cetacea, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 566b2, “PA” 669a8, 697a16.)]
II name of a constellation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 354, 4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.20.)]