The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κῆτος

Lemmaκῆτος
Citation formκῆτος, ους, τό
Part of speechnoun
Glossa sea monster, huge fish
Strong’sG2785
Transliterationkētos
Definitiona huge fish (as gaping for prey)
KJV glosses:--whale.
Derivationprobably from the base of
SBLGNT occurrences1

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
κήτους
noun, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-)Matthew 12:40

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κητος.