Strong's Greek · G2785

κῆτος

kētos

whale

Definition

a huge fish (as gaping for prey)

Derivation

probably from the base of G5490 (χάσμα);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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