Biblical Greek

greek #2785 - κῆτος, ους, τό kétos (a huge fish)

Original Word:	κῆτος, ους, τό
Transliteration:	kétos
Definition:	a huge fish
Part of Speech:	Noun, Neuter
Phonetic Spelling:	(kay'-tos)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

whale, sea monster

Probably from the base of chasma; a huge fish (as gaping for prey) -- whale.

see GREEK chasma

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 2785: κῆτος

κῆτος, κητεος (κήτους), τό, a sea-monster, whale, huge fish (Homer, Aristotle, others): Matthew 12:40, from Jonah 2:1 where the Sept., κήτειμεγάλῳ for גָּדולדַּג.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 2785. κῆτος (kétos) — 1 Occurrence
Matthew 12:40 - N-GNS
GRK:κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτους τρεῖς ἡμέρας
NAS: IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so
KJV: nights in the whale's belly; so
INT: belly of the great fish three days

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