Matthew 12:40 — King James Version← Study notes

“For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

Matthew 12:40 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Matthew 12:4030 words

GreekMeaning

ὥσπερhōsper

Just aswordG5618

γὰρgar

forwordG1063

ἦνēn

wasverbG1510

ἸωνᾶςIōnas

JonahnounG2495

ἐνen

inprepositionG1722

τῇtē

thearticleG3588

κοιλίᾳkoilia

bellynounG2836

τοῦtou

of thearticleG3588

κήτουςkētous

great fishnounG2785

τρεῖςtreis

threeadjectiveG5140

ἡμέραςhēmeras

daysnounG2250

καὶkai

andwordG2532

τρεῖςtreis

threeadjectiveG5140

νύκταςnyktas

nightsnounG3571

οὕτωςhoutōs

soadverbG3779

ἔσταιestai

will beverbG1510

ὁho

thearticleG3588

υἱὸςhyios

SonnounG5207

τοῦtou

thearticleG3588

ἀνθρώπουanthrōpou

of MannounG444

ἐνen

inprepositionG1722

τῇtē

thearticleG3588

καρδίᾳkardia

heartnounG2588

τῆςtēs

of thearticleG3588

γῆςgēs

earthnounG1093

τρεῖςtreis

threeadjectiveG5140

ἡμέραςhēmeras

daysnounG2250

καὶkai

andwordG2532

τρεῖςtreis

threeadjectiveG5140

νύκταςnyktas

nightsnounG3571

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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