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NASB					Jon 1:17 ¶ ¹And the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ appointed⁴⁴⁸⁷ a great¹⁴¹⁹ fish¹⁷⁰⁹ to swallow¹¹⁰⁴ Jonah³¹²⁴, and Jonah³¹²⁴ was in the ^Astomach⁴⁵⁷⁸ of the fish¹⁷⁰⁹ three⁷⁹⁶⁹ days³¹¹⁷ and three⁷⁹⁶⁹ nights³⁹¹⁵.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Jon 1:17 ¶ Now the LORD had prepared (appointed, destined) a great ¹fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the stomach of the fish ²three days and three nights. [Matt 12:40]

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Ch 2:1 in Heb

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The ancient Hebrew term "fish" did not make a distinction between fish and marine mammals. There are no marine creatures known today which would be capable of swallowing a man, either because of their anatomy or because of their observed behavior. It is possible that the creature that swallowed Jonah has long since been extinct, or even that it was uniquely created by God for this one purpose.

Jesus cited Jonah's experience as a sign of His resurrection (Matt 12:40).

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Matt 12:40 for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Greek Heb.

1104

bala (118a); a prim. root; to swallow down, swallow up, engulf:--brought to confusion(1), confound(1), confuse(2), confused(1), consume(1), destroy(1), destroyed(1), destroying(1), end(1), moment(1), removed(1), ruin(1), spreads(1), swallow(13), swallowed(18), swallows(4).

1419

gadol (152d); from 1431; great:--all*(2), bigger(1), bitterly(1), bitterly*(3), deep(1), elder(3), exceedingly(2), extremely*(2), far more(1), Great(12), great(340), great man(2), great men(7), great one(1), great ones(1), great things(7), greater(18), greatest(9), greatly(3), greatness(1), hard(1), heavy(2), high(21), highest(1), impressed(1), large(30), larger(1), loud(22), loudly(1), main(1), major(1), many(1), marvelous(1), mighty(1), mighty and great(1), more*(1), much(1), nobles(1), old(1), older(8), oldest(3), prominent(1), rich(1), screamed*(1), severe(1), spacious(1), vast(1), very*(2), violently*(1).

1709

dag (185c); from 1711; a fish:--fish(17), fishing(1).

3068

Yhvh (i.e.Yehovah or Yahveh) [217d]; from 1933b; the proper name of the God of Israel:--GOD(314), LORD(6399), LORD'S(111).

3117

yom (398a); a prim. root; day:--afternoon*(1), age(8), age*(1), all(1), always*(14), amount*(2), battle(1), birthday*(1), Chronicles*(38), completely*(1), continually*(14), course*(1), daily(22), daily the days(1), day(1115), day of the days(1), day that the period(1), day's(6), day's every day(1), daylight*(1), days(635), days on the day(1), days to day(1), days you shall daily(1), days ago(1), days'(11), each(1), each day(4), entire(2), eternity(1), evening*(1), ever in your life*(1), every day(2), fate(1), first(5), forever*(11), forevermore*(1), full(5), full year(1), future*(1), holiday*(3), later*(2), length(1), life(12), life*(1), lifetime(2), lifetime*(1), live(1), long(2), long as i live(1), long*(11), midday*(1), now(5), older*(1), once(2), period(3), perpetually*(2), present(1), recently(1), reigns(1), ripe*(1), short-lived*(1), so long*(1), some time(1), survived*(2), time(45), time*(1), times*(2), today(172), today*(1), usual(1), very old*(1), when(10), when the days(1), whenever(1), while(3), whole(2), year(10), yearly(5), years(13), yesterday*(1).

3124

Yonah (402a); from the same as 3123; an Isr. prophet:--Jonah(18), Jonah's(1).

3915

layil or
lel or
layelah (538c); of unc. der.; night:--midnight*(6), night(200), nights(14), nocturnal(1), overnight*(2), tonight(10).

4487

manah (584a); a prim. root; to count, number, reckon:--appoint(1), appointed(9), count(3), counted(2), counts(1), destine(1), muster(1), number(4), numbered(5), numbers(1).

4578

meeh (588d); of unc. der.; internal organs, inward parts, belly:--abdomen(1), body(4), bowels(4), children*(1), feelings(1), heart(4), inward parts(1), offspring*(1), own(1), soul(2), spirit(2), stomach(4), stomachs(1), within(1), womb(1).

7969

shalosh or
shalosh or
sheloshah (1025c); of unc. der.; a three, triad:--1,335*(1), 1,365*(1), 123*(2), 13*(1), 153,600*(1), 2,300*(1), 2,322*(1), 22,273*(1), 223*(2), 23,000*(1), 273*(1), 3,000*(11), 3,023*(2), 3,200*(1), 3,300*(2), 3,600*(2), 3,630*(1), 3,700*(1), 3,930*(1), 300*(11), 300,000*(4), 307,500*(1), 320*(2), 323*(2), 324*(1), 328*(1), 337,500*(2), 345*(2), 372*(2), 392*(2), 42,360*(2), 43,730*(1), 53,400*(3), 59,300*(2), 603,550*(2), 623*(1), 64,300*(1), 7,337*(2), 743*(2), 973*(2), forks*(1), oftentimes*(1), third(11), thirteen*(12), thirteenth*(11), thirty(2), thirty-three*(7), three(267), three things(6), three-pronged*(1), three-tenths*(8), three-year-old(1), twenty-third*(7), twenty-three*(6).

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