Sea. The sea, yam, is used in Scripture to denote -
1. "The gathering of the waters," "the Ocean." Genesis 1:2; Genesis 1:10; Genesis 30:13; etc.
2. Some portion of this, as the Mediterranean Sea, called the "hinder," the "western" and the "utmost" sea, Deuteronomy 11:24; Deuteronomy 34:2; Joel 2:20 "sea of the Philistines," Exodus 23:31 "the great sea," Numbers 36:6-7; Joshua 15:47, "the sea." Genesis 49:13; Psalms 80:11. Also frequently of the Red Sea. Exodus 15:4. See Red Sea.
3. Inland lakes termed, seas, as the Salt or Dead Sea. See Sea, The Salt.
4. Any great collection of waters, as the river Nile, Isaiah 19:5, and the Euphrates. Jeremiah 51:36.
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