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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #2785 - κῆτος
Transliteration
kētos
Phonetics
kay'-tos
Root Word (Etymology)
probably from the base of (G5490)
Parts of Speech
Noun Neuter
TDNT
None
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- a sea monster, whale, huge fish
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
KJV (1)
Matthew
1
NAS (2)
Matthew
2
HCS (1)
Matthew
1
BSB (1)
Matthew
1
ESV (1)
Matthew
1
WEB (1)
Matthew
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
κῆτος, εος, τό,
I
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.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
κῆτος, 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.
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
List of Word Forms
κήτει κήτη κήτος κητους κήτους ketous kētous kḗtous
