Sea monster
κῆτοςStrong’s G2785kētos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kētos is the Greek word usually translated “great fish”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “great fish”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- great fish 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κῆτος kētos · sea monster
κῆτος, -εος (-ους), τό [in LXX: Jon.2.1; Jon.2.10 (דָּג) Gen.1:21 (תַּנִּין), etc. ;] a huge fish, sea-monster: Mat.12:40 (LXX).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.