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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2785 - κῆτος

Transliteration

kētos

Phonetics

kay'-tos

Origin

probably from the base of (G5490)

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

a sea monster, whale, huge fish

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1709 ‑ דָּאג (dawg, dawg); 3882 ‑ לִוְיָתָן (liv‑yaw‑thawn'); 7293 ‑ רַהַב (rah'‑hab); 8577 ‑ תַּנִּים (tan‑neen', tan‑neem');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

Matthew

NAS (2)

Matthew

HCS (1)

Matthew

BSB (1)

Matthew

ESV (1)

Matthew

WEB (1)

Matthew

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κῆτος, εος, τό,

1. any sea-monster or huge fish, δελφῖνάς τε κύνας τε καὶ εἴ ποθι μεῖζον ἑλῃσι κῆτος Od. 12.97, cf. 5.421, Il. 20.147, Mosch. 2.116; of seals, Od. 4.446, 452; of the monster to which Andromeda was exposed, E. Fr. 121, cf. Ar. Nu. 556, Th. 1033; of the tunny, Archestr. Fr. 34.3.

2. in Natural History, of the spouting cetacea, Arist. HA 566b2, PA 669a8, 697a16.

II name of a constellation, Arat. 354, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κῆτος , -εος (-ους ), τό ,

[in LXX: Jonah 2:1; Jonah 2:10 (H1709) Genesis 1:21 (H8577), etc.;]

a huge fish, sea-monster: Matthew 12:40 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

κήτει κήτη κήτος κητους κήτους ketous kētous kḗtous

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