Topic
Island; Isle
46 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 10:4ISBE
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- Genesis 10:5ISBE
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
- Genesis 10:18ISBE
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
- Numbers 24:24ISBE
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 1:7ISBE
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- 1 Chronicles 1:16ISBE
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
- Esther 10:1ISBE
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
- Esther 11:11ISBE
The light and the sun rose up, and the lowly were exalted, and devoured the glorious.
- Psalms 72:10ISBE
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Isaiah 11:11ISBE
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from…
- Isaiah 13:22ISBE
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
- Isaiah 20:6ISBE
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
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- Isaiah 23:1 ISBE
- Isaiah 23:2 ISBE
- Isaiah 23:6 ISBE
- Isaiah 23:12 ISBE
- Isaiah 24:15 ISBE
- Isaiah 34:14 ISBE
- Isaiah 59:18 ISBE
- Isaiah 66:19 ISBE
- Jeremiah 2:10 ISBE
- Jeremiah 25:22 ISBE
- Jeremiah 47:4 ISBE
- Jeremiah 50:39 ISBE
- Ezekiel 26:18 ISBE
- Ezekiel 27:3 ISBE
- Ezekiel 27:6 ISBE
- Ezekiel 27:7 ISBE
- Ezekiel 27:8 ISBE
- Ezekiel 27:11 ISBE
- Ezekiel 27:15 ISBE
- Ezekiel 39:6 ISBE
- Daniel 11:18 ISBE
- Daniel 11:30 ISBE
- Zephaniah 2:11 ISBE
- Acts 13:6 ISBE
- Acts 27:16 ISBE
- Acts 27:26 ISBE
- Acts 28:1 ISBE
- Acts 28:7 ISBE
- Acts 28:9 ISBE
- Acts 28:11 ISBE
- Acts 28:12 ISBE
- Revelation 1:9 ISBE
- Revelation 6:14 ISBE
- Revelation 16:20 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 52 references
i'-land, il
(1) 'i, "island" or "isle"; the American Standard Revised Version has "coast" or "coast-land" in Isa 20:6; 23:2,6; the Revised Version margin has "coast-lands" in Ge 10:5; Isa 11:11; 24:15; 59:18; Jer 25:22; Eze 39:6; Da 11:18; Ze 2:11; the Revised Version margin has "sea-coast" in Jer 47:4.
(2) plural 'iyim, the King James Version "wild beasts of the islands," the Revised Version (British and American) "wolves," the Revised Version margin "howling creatures" (Isa 13:22; 34:14; Jer 50:39).
(3) nesion, "small island" (Ac 27:16)
(4) nesos, "island" (Ac 13:6; 27:26; 28:1,7,9,11; Re 1:9; 6:14; 16:20):
Except as noted above, 'i in the Revised Version (British and American) is translated "isle" or "island." ARVAD (which see), a Phoenician island-city North of Tripoli, Syria, is mentioned in Ge 10:18; 1Ch 1:16; Eze 27:8,11. This and Tyre were the only important islands on the coast, both of them very small. We find references to Kittim or Chittim, Cyprus (Ge 10:4; Nu 24:24; 1Ch 1:7; Isa 23:1,12; Jer 2:10; Eze 27:6; Da 11:30); to Elisha, perhaps Carthage (Ge 10:4; 1Ch 1:7; Eze 27:7); to "isles of the nations" (Ge 10:5; Ze 2:11); to "isles of the sea" (Es 10:1; 11:11; 24:15; Eze 26:18); to "Tarshish and the isles" (Ps 72:10; compare Isa 66:19); to "isle (the Revised Version margin "sea-coast") of Caphtor" (Jer 47:4). Communication with these islands or distant coasts is kept up by the Tyrians (Eze 27:3,15). The Jews were not a maritime people, and in early times their geographical knowledge was very limited. Of 32 Old Testament passages referring to "island" or "isle," 25 are in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. In the New Testament, besides the passages noted above, and Patmos (Re 1:9), various islands are mentioned by name in connection with the voyages of Paul, e.g. Cyprus, Crete, Lesbos, Samos, Samothrace, Chios, Melita, Sicily (Syracuse, Ac 28:12). "Jackals" is a perfectly possible translation of 'iyim (the King James Version "wild beasts of the islands," the Revised Version (British and American) "wolves," the Revised Version margin "howling creatures").
See COAST; GEOGRAPHY; JACKAL; WOLF.
Alfred Ely Day
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.