The whale was not known to the Hebrews, and the word translated ‘whale’ (Ezek. 32: 2, AV, and more famously Jonah 1: 17 and Matt. 12: 40) refers to a large sea creature or ‘sea monster’ (NRSV, REB, NJB).
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"whale." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 20, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e2031>.
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"whale." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e2031 (accessed May 20, 2013).