Greek Study
Strong's Concordance G2785
κῆτος
A readable Greek dictionary entry from Strong's Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Greek form
- κῆτος
- Transliteration
- ketos
- Pronunciation
- {kay'-tos}
- Occurrences
- Occurrences are not reviewed for this entry yet.
- Glosses
- probably from the base of 5490; a huge fish (as gaping for prey):--whale.
- Related source reference
- see GREEK for 5490
- Strong’s number
- G2785
- Definition
- probably from the base of 5490; a huge fish (as gaping for prey):--whale.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary; CrossWire SWORD StrongsGreek module 2.0; historical public-domain lexicon wording preserved.
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<entryFree n="2785"> <orth>κῆτος</orth><lb/> <orth type="writing">kh'tos</orth> <orth rend="bold" type="trans">ketos</orth> <pron rend="italic">{kay'-tos}</pron> <def> probably from the base of 5490; a huge fish (as gaping for prey):--whale. <lb/> see GREEK for 5490 </def> </entryFree>