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κῆτος kētos · G2785

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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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

κῆτος, εος, τό, ; any sea-monster or huge fish, δελφῖνάς τε κύνας τε καὶ εἴ ποθι μεῖζον ἑλῃσι κῆτος []; of seals, []; of the monster to which Andromeda was exposed, []; of the tunny, []; 2 in Natural History, of the spouting cetacea, []; II name of a constellation, []

Where it's used 1 time

Matthew 12:40

Source: TBESG G2785; TFLSJ G2785

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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