Matthew 12:40
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 three nights in the heart of the earth.This verse in the real world
In what words
- κῆτοςkētosa huge fish (as gaping for prey)
- ἸωνᾶςIōnâsJonas (i.e. Jonah), the name of two Israelites
- κοιλίαkoilíaa cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the hea
- ὥσπερhṓsperjust as, i.e. exactly like
- νύξnýx"night" (literally or figuratively)
- τρεῖςtreîs"three"
- καρδίαkardíathe heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the midd
- ἔσομαιésomaiwill be
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.