sea Summary and Overview

The sea, yam, is used in Scripture to denote-- 1. "The gathering of the waters," "the Ocean." #Ge 1:2,10; De 30:13| etc. 2. Some portion of this, as the Mediterranean Sea, called the "hinder," the "western" and the "utmost" sea, #De 11:24; 34:2; Joe 2:20| "sea of the Philistines," #Ex 23:31| "the great sea," #Nu 36:6,7; Jos 15:47| "the sea." Gene 49:13; Psal 80:11 Also frequently of the Red Sea. #Ex 15:4| [RED SEA] 3. Inland lakes termed seas, as the Salt or Dead Sea. [See the special article] 4. Any great collection of waters, as the river Nile #Isa 19:5| and the Euphrates. #Jer 51:36|

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.

yam. (1) The ocean in general (Genesis 1:2; Genesis 1:10; Deuteronomy 30:13). (2) The Mediterranean, with the article; "the hinder," "western," or "utmost sea" (Deuteronomy 11:24); "the sea of the Philistines," "the great sea" (Exodus 23:31; Numbers 34:6-7). (3) The Red Sea (Exodus 15:4). (4) Inland lakes, as the Salt or Dead Sea. (5) The Nile flood, and the Euphrates (Isaiah 19:5; Jeremiah 51:36). In Deuteronomy 28:68, "Jehovah shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships," explain, thou didst cross the sea, the waves parting before thee, in leaving Egypt; thou shalt return confined in slave ships.