# G2785 κῆτος

κῆτος (kētos), Strong’s G2785: a huge fish (as gaping for prey) KJV: whale. Occurs 13 times.

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*kētos* — a huge fish (as gaping for prey)

KJV: whale

Derived from [χάσμα chásma](https://besorah.bible/word/G5490) (a "chasm" or vacancy)

Occurs 13 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 12:40](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=40) — For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and…
- [Sirach 43:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/43?v=25) — There are also those strange and wondrous works in it— variety of all that has life and the huge creatures of the sea.
- [3 Maccabees 6:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/6?v=8) — When Jonah was pining away in the belly of the sea-born monster, you looked at him, O Father, and recovered him to the…