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Lexicon :: Strong's G2785 - kētos

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κῆτος
Transliteration
kētos (Key)
Pronunciation
kay'-tos
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of χάσμα (G5490)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
8x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

κῆτος kētos, kay'-tos; probably from the base of G5490; a huge fish (as gaping for prey):—whale.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2785 in the following manner: whale (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2785 in the following manner: whale (1x).

  1. a sea monster, whale, huge fish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κῆτος kētos, kay'-tos; probably from the base of G5490; a huge fish (as gaping for prey):—whale.
STRONGS G2785:
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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jonah
2:1
Matthew
12:40

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2785 matches the Greek κῆτος (kētos),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

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“Let those curse it who curse the day,

Who are [fn]ready to rouse Leviathan.

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“God will not turn back His anger;

Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.

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“He quieted the sea with His power,

And by His understanding He crushed Rahab.

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[fn]And Yahweh appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

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[fn]Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the stomach of the fish,

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Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

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