Lexical Summary kētos: a huge fish Original Word: κῆτοςTransliteration: kētos Phonetic Spelling: (kay'-tos) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a huge fish Meaning: a huge fish Strong's Concordance whale, sea monsterProbably from the base of chasma; a huge fish (as gaping for prey) -- whale. see GREEK chasma Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2785: κῆτοςκῆτος, 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. |