ΚΗΤΕΙ, κητει
KĒTEI, kētei
Sounds Like: KAY-tee
Translations: (to) a sea monster, (to) a whale, (to) a large fish
From the root: ΚΗΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: ΚΗΤΕΙ is the dative singular form of the noun κῆτος. It refers to a large aquatic creature, often translated as 'sea monster,' 'whale,' or 'large fish.' In the dative case, it indicates the indirect object or the recipient of an action, meaning 'to the sea monster' or 'for the whale.' It is used when something is given to, done for, or directed towards such a creature.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2785 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΗΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΗΤΟΥΣ — of the great fish, of the sea monster, of the whale
- ΚΗΤΗ — sea monsters, whales, large fish
- ΚΗΤΙ — whale, sea monster, a whale, a sea monster
- ΚΗΤΟΣ — sea monster, a sea monster, whale, a whale, huge fish, a huge fish
- ΚΗΤΟΥΣ — of a sea monster, of a whale, of a large fish
- ΤΗΤΕΙ — to a sea monster, to a whale, to a huge fish
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