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Lexicon :: Strong's G2785 - kētos

Strong's

Red Letter

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)

Greek Inflections of κῆτος [?]

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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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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Jonah: 2:1
Matthew: 12:40

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

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Gen 1:21 - And God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.

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Job 3:8 -

“May those curse^H6895 it who curse^H779 the day^H3117,

Who are [fn]prepared^H6264 to disturb^H5782 Leviathan^H3882.

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Job 9:13 -

“God^H433 will not turn^H7725 back^H7725 His anger^H639;

Beneath^H8478 Him the helpers^H5826 of [fn]Rahab^H7293 cower^H7817.

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Job 26:12 -

“With His power^H3581 He quieted^H7280 the sea^H3220,

And by His understanding^H8394 He shattered^H4272 [fn]Rahab^H7293.

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Jon 1:17 -

[fn]And the LORD^H3068 designated^H4487 a great^H1419 fish^H1709 to swallow^H1104 Jonah^H3124, and Jonah^H3124 was in the stomach^H4578 of the fish^H1709 for three^H7969 days^H3117 and three^H7969 nights^H3915.

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Jon 2:1 -

[fn]Then Jonah^H3124 prayed^H6419 to the LORD^H3068 his God^H430 from the stomach^H4578 of the fish^H1710,

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Then the LORD^H3068 commanded^H559 the fish^H1709, and it vomited^H6958 Jonah^H3124 up^H6958 onto^H413 the dry^H3004 land^H3004.

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