What does κῆτος (kētos) mean in the Bible?
κῆτος (kētos) is a Greek word meaning "a huge fish (as gaping for prey)".
Greek · G2785
κῆτος
A huge fish (as gaping for prey)
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κῆτος G2785
Pronunciation kētos
What does κῆτος (kētos) mean in the Bible?
κῆτος (kētos) is a Greek word meaning "a huge fish (as gaping for prey)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2785?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include great fish (1).
Where does κῆτος (kētos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:40. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It great fish 1× Matthew 12:40
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 12:40
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
κήτους 1x kētous Matthew 12:40
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Matthew 12:40
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a huge fish (as gaping for prey)
Strong's G2785
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a huge fish (as gaping for prey)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
a huge fish, sea-monster: Mat.12:40 (LXX).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 12:40 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
κήτους khtouv
a sea monster, huge fish
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:40 1×
Word Origins
κῆτος is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain