Lexicon kétos: a huge fish Original Word: κῆτος, ους, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kétos Phonetic Spelling: (kay'-tos) Short Definition: a sea monster, huge fish Definition: a sea monster, huge sea fish, whale. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitiona huge fish NASB Translationsea monster (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2785: κῆτοςκῆτος, κητεος ( κήτους), τό, a sea-monster, whale, huge fish ( Homer, Aristotle, others): Matthew 12:40, from Jonah 2:1 where the Sept., κήτει μεγάλῳ for גָּדול דַּג. Strong's whale, sea monster Probably from the base of chasma; a huge fish (as gaping for prey) -- whale. see GREEK chasma |
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