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In the context of the Bible, it is used to describe the creature that swallowed Jonah, as referenced in the New Testament.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the word "kétos" was used to describe any large sea creature, not specifically a whale as understood in modern taxonomy. The sea was often seen as a place of chaos and mystery, and large sea creatures were symbols of the unknown and the powerful forces of nature. In Jewish tradition, the account of Jonah and the great fish is a significant narrative illustrating themes of repentance, obedience, and God's mercy.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a huge fish<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>sea monster (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2785: κῆτος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κῆτος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κητεος</span> (<span class="greek2">κήτους</span>), <span class="greek2">τό</span>, <span class="accented">a sea-monster, whale, huge fish</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, others): <a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a>, from <a href="/interlinear/jonah/2-1.htm">Jonah 2:1</a> where the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>, <span class="greek2">κήτει</span> <span class="greek2">μεγάλῳ</span> for <span class="hebrew">גָּדול</span> <span class="hebrew">דַּג</span>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>whale, sea monster<p>Probably from the base of <a href="/greek/5490.htm">chasma</a>; a huge fish (as gaping for prey) -- whale. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5490.htm">chasma</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κήτει κήτη κήτος κητους κήτους ketous kētous kḗtous<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/12-40.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 12:40</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular">N-GNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κοιλίᾳ τοῦ <b>κήτους</b> τρεῖς ἡμέρας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> IN THE BELLY <span class="itali">OF THE SEA MONSTER,</span> so<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> nights in <span class="itali">the whale's</span> belly; so<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/12-40.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> belly of the <span class="itali">great fish</span> three days<p><b><a href="/greek/2785.htm">Strong's Greek 2785</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2785.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ke_tous_2785.htm">κήτους — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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