Sea

The sea, yam, is used in Scripture to denote—

SEA. The Hebrew word yam, or "sea," is used in Scripture: (1) for the "gathering of waters," or the ocean, Gen 1:2, 1 Kgs 16:10; Deut 30:13; (2) as referring to the Mediterranean Sea, under the title of the "hinder," the "western," the "utmost," sea, or the "sea of the Philistines," the "great sea," or simply " the sea," Deut 11:24; Deut 34:2; Joel 2:20; Ex 23:31; Num 34:6-7; Josh 15:47; Gen 49:13; Ps 80:11; Ps 107:23; 1 Kgs 4:20; (3) as referring to the Red Sea, Ex 15:4; (4) as referring to inland lakes, like the Salt, or Dead, Sea; (5) to any great collection of waters, as the Nile or the Euphrates in time of a flood or high water. Isa 19:5; Am 8:8, A.V. "flood;" Nah 3:8; Eze 32:2; Jer 51:36.

SEA, THE SALT. Gen 14:3. See Salt Sea.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea.

2. An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.

3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe. I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. Shak. Ambiguous between sea and land The river horse and scaly crocodile. Milton.

4. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea.

5. A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size. He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof. 2 Chron. iv. 2.

6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. Shak. All the space . . . was one sea of heads. Macaulay.