Topic
Sea
90 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 1:10Smith · Nave Creation of
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
- Exodus 23:31Smith · ISBE
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
- Deuteronomy 11:24Smith · ISBE
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
- Deuteronomy 34:2Smith · ISBE
And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
- Isaiah 19:5Smith · ISBE
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
- Joel 2:20Smith · ISBE
But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because…
- Genesis 1:2Smith
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- Genesis 1:9Nave Creation of
¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
- Genesis 13:14ISBE
¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
- Genesis 49:13Smith
¶ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
- Exodus 10:19ISBE
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
- Exodus 15:4Smith
Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
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- Exodus 20:11 ISBE
- Numbers 14:25 ISBE
- Numbers 21:32 ISBE
- Numbers 32:1 ISBE
- Numbers 32:3 ISBE
- Numbers 32:15 ISBE
- Numbers 34:3 ISBE
- Numbers 34:6 ISBE
- Numbers 34:11 ISBE
- Numbers 36:6 Smith
- Numbers 36:7 Smith
- Deuteronomy 1:1 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 3:17 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 30:13 Smith
- Joshua 1:4 ISBE
- Joshua 2:10 ISBE
- Joshua 3:16 ISBE
- Joshua 11:2 ISBE
- Joshua 12:3 ISBE
- Joshua 13:25 ISBE
- Joshua 13:27 ISBE
- Joshua 15:47 Smith
- Joshua 21:39 ISBE
- Judges 11:16 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 24:5 ISBE
- 1 Kings 7:23 ISBE
- 1 Kings 9:26 ISBE
- 1 Kings 15:20 ISBE
- 2 Kings 14:25 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 6:81 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 26:31 ISBE
- Ezra 3:7 ISBE
- Nehemiah 9:9 ISBE
- Psalms 80:11 Smith
- Psalms 95:5 Nave Creation of
- Psalms 106:7 ISBE
- Psalms 148:4 Nave Creation of
- Psalms 148:5 Nave Creation of
- Isaiah 11:15 ISBE
- Isaiah 16:8 ISBE
- Isaiah 16:9 ISBE
- Isaiah 21:1 ISBE
- Jeremiah 48:32 ISBE
- Jeremiah 49:21 ISBE
- Jeremiah 51:36 Smith
- Ezekiel 47:10 ISBE
- Ezekiel 47:18 ISBE
- Daniel 7:2 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In Daniel' s vision
- Daniel 7:3 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In Daniel' s vision
- Nahum 3:8 ISBE
- Zechariah 14:8 ISBE
- Wisdom of Solomon 19:7 ISBE
- 1 Maccabees 11:67 ISBE
- Matthew 4:18 ISBE
- Matthew 8:24–26 Nave Lake Galilee calmed by Jesus
- Matthew 14:25–31 Nave Jesus walked upon Lake Galilee
- Matthew 15:29 ISBE
- Mark 1:16 ISBE
- Mark 4:37–39 Nave Lake Galilee calmed by Jesus
- Mark 7:31 ISBE
- Luke 5:1 ISBE
- John 6:1 ISBE
- John 21:1 ISBE
- Acts 7:36 ISBE
- Acts 27:5 ISBE
- Hebrews 11:29 ISBE
- Revelation 4:6 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 8:8 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 8:9 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 10:2 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 10:5 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 10:6 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 10:8 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 13:1 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 15:2 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 16:3 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
- Revelation 20:13 Nave The Dead, to be given up by the, at the resurrection
- Revelation 21:1 Nave SYMBOLICAL — In John' s apocalyptic vision
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 15 references
- "The gathering of the waters," "the Ocean." (Genesis 1:2,10; 30:13) etc.
- Some portion of this, as the Mediterranean Sea, called the "hinder," the "western" and the "utmost" sea, (11:24; 34:2; Joel 2:20) "sea of the Philistines," (Exodus 23:31) "the great sea," (Numbers 36:6,7; Joshua 15:47) "the sea." Genesis49:13; Psal 80:11 Also frequently of the Red Sea. (Exodus 15:4) [RED SEA SEA]
- Inland lakes termed seas, as the Salt or Dead Sea. [See the special article]
- Any great collection of waters, as the river Nile (Isaiah 19:5) and the Euphrates. (Jeremiah 51:36)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 67 references
se (yam; thalassa; in Ac 27:5 pelagos): The Mediterranean is called ha-yam ha-gadhol, "the great sea" (Nu 34:6; Jos 1:4; Eze 47:10, etc.); ha-yam ha-'acharon, "the hinder," or "western sea" (De 11:24; 34:2; Joe 2:20; Zec 14:8); yam pelishtim, "the sea of the Philis" (Ex 23:31); the King James Version translates yam yapho' in Ezr 3:7 by "sea of Joppa," perhaps rightly.
The Dead Sea is called yam ha-melach, "the Salt Sea" (Nu 34:3; De 3:17; Jos 3:16, etc.); ha-yam ha-qadhmoni, "the east sea" (Eze 47:18; Joe 2:20; Zec 14:8); yam ha-`arabhah,"the sea of the Arabah" (De 3:17; Jos 3:16; 12:3; 2Ki 14:25).
The Red Sea is called yam cuph, literally, "sea of weeds" (Ex 10:19; Nu 14:25; De 1:1; Jos 2:10; Jud 11:16; 1Ki 9:26; Ne 9:9; Ps 106:7; Jer 49:21, etc.); (eruthra thalassa), literally, "red sea" (The Wisdom of Solomon 19:7; Ac 7:36; Heb 11:29); yam mitsrayim, "the Egyptian sea" (Isa 11:15).
Yam is used of the Nile in Na 3:8 and probably also in Isa 19:5, as in modern Arabic bachr, "sea," is used of the Nile and its affluents. Yam is often used for "west" or "westward," as "look from the place where thou art, .... westward" (Ge 13:14); "western border" (Nu 34:6). Yam is used for "sea" in general (Ex 20:11); also for "molten sea" of the temple (1Ki 7:23).
The Sea of Galilee is called kinnereth, "Chinnereth" (Nu 34:11); kinaroth, "Chinneroth" (Jos 11:2); kinneroth, "Chinneroth" (1Ki 15:20); yam kinnereth, "the sea of Chinnereth" (Nu 34:11; Jos 13:27); yam kinneroth, "the sea of Chinneroth (Jos 12:3); (he limne Gennesaret), "the lake of Gennesaret" (Lu 5:1); and (to hudor Gennesar), "the water of Gennesar" (1 Macc 11:67), from late Hebrew ginecar, or (genecar; he thalassa tes Galilaias), "the sea of Galilee" (Mt 4:18; 15:29; Mr 1:16; 7:31; Joh 6:1); (he thalassa tes Tiberiados), "the sea of Tiberias" (Joh 21:1; compare Joh 6:1).
In Jer 48:32 we have yam ya`zer, "the sea of Jazer." Jazer is a site East of the Jordan, not satisfactorily identified (Nu 21:32; 32:1,3,15; Jos 13:25; 21:39; 2Sa 24:5; 1Ch 6:81; 26:31; Isa 16:8,9).
See SEA OF JAZER.
In midhbar yam, "the wilderness of the sea" (Isa 21:1), there may perhaps be a reference to the Persian Gulf.
Alfred Ely Day
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 22 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Creation of Ge 1:9,10; Ps 95:5; 148:4,5
- → Lake Galilee calmed by Jesus Mt 8:24-26; Mr 4:37-39
- → Jesus walked upon Lake Galilee Mt 14:25-31
- → The Dead, to be given up by the, at the resurrection Re 20:13
- → SYMBOLICAL
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.