noun · neuter
kētem
Greekκῆτος (kētos)
Strong’sG2785
a sea monster, huge fish
stem kēt-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κῆτος, -εος (-ους), τό,
[in LXX: Jh 2:1, 11 (דָּג), Ge 1:21 (תַּנִּין), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2785 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkay'-tos
a huge fish (as gaping for prey)
Fromprobably from the base of G5490;
King Jameswhale.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | kētem | kēteim |
| of, belonging to genitive | kēteu1×κήτους | kēteiu |
| to, for dative | kēte | kētei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kēte is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
kēteu“huge fish”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Matthew 12:40“huge fish”hōsper gar ate Iōnaos en ta koilia teu kēteu treis hēmerain kai treis nuxain, houtōs eti tos huios tou anthrōpou en ta kardia tau gēau treis hēmerain kai treis nuxain.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.