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Strong's #2281 - θάλασσα

Transliteration

thálassa

Phonetics

thal'-as-sah

Root Word (Etymology)

probably prolonged from (G251)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

the sea
1. used of the sea in general
2. used specifically of the Mediterranean Sea or the Red Sea

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 339 ‑ אִי (ee); 3220 ‑ יָם (yawm); 3225 ‑ יָמִין (yaw‑meen'); 4310 ‑ מִי (me); 8486 ‑ תֵּמָן (tay‑mawn', tay‑mawn'); 8585 ‑ תְּעָלָה (teh‑aw‑law'); 8658 ‑ תַּרְשִׁישׁ (tar‑sheesh');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (92)

Matthew 17

Mark 19

Luke 3

John 9

Acts 10

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Jude 1

Revelation 26

NAS (91)

Matthew 16

Mark 19

Luke 3

John 9

Acts 10

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Jude 1

Revelation 26

HCS (91)

Matthew 16

Mark 19

Luke 3

John 9

Acts 10

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Jude 1

Revelation 26

BSB (91)

Matthew 16

Mark 19

Luke 3

John 9

Acts 10

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Jude 1

Revelation 26

ESV (86)

Matthew 15

Mark 18

Luke 3

John 9

Acts 10

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

Revelation 25

WEB (94)

Matthew 17

Mark 19

Luke 3

John 9

Acts 11

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 3

James 1

Jude 1

Revelation 26

KJV (92)

sea 87

side 5

NAS (91)

SEA 5

SEASHORE 1

Sea 8

sea 73

seashore 4

HCS (91)

sea 9

the sea 1

* 2

Sea 8

a sea 2

along the sea 1

by sea 1

of the sea 1

sea 62

the sea 4

BSB (91)

* 2

Sea 8

[coast] 1

[it] 1

[the] sea 4

[water] 1

a sea 2

of [the] sea 3

sea 64

seashore 2

the sea 1

to [the] sea 1

ESV (86)

Sea 8

sea 78

WEB (94)

Sea 2

The sea 1

a sea 1

and 1

by sea 1

of the sea 14

on the sea 2

sea 4

the 2

the sea 56

the seaside 5

their living by sea 1

to the sea 3

was something like a sea 1

RAH

N-APF 5

N-ASF 162

N-DPF 4

N-DSF 21

N-GPF 8

N-GSF 142

N-NSF 47

ANT

N-ASF 43

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 30

N-NSF 6

BEZ

N-ASF 44

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 28

N-NSF 6

BGB

N-AFS 43

N-DFS 13

N-GFS 29

N-NFS 6

BMT

N-ASF 42

N-DSF 14

N-GSF 30

N-NSF 6

BYZ

N-ASF 42

N-DSF 14

N-GSF 30

N-NSF 6

ELZ

N-ASF 44

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 29

N-NSF 6

NA26

N-ASF 43

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 29

N-NSF 6

SBL

N-ASF 43

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 29

N-NSF 6

SCV

N-ASF 44

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 28

N-NSF 6

STV

N-ASF 44

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 28

N-NSF 6

TIS

N-ASF 43

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 30

N-NSF 6

N-ASF 44

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 29

N-NSF 6

N-ASF 43

N-DSF 13

N-GSF 29

N-NSF 6

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

θάλασσα

[θᾰ], Att. θᾰλᾰμ-ττα IG 12.57 (but θάλασσα 22.236 (338/7 B.C.)), ἡ: —

1. sea, Il. 2.294, etc.: freq. of the Mediterranean sea, ἥδε ἡ θ. Hdt. 1.1, 185, 4.39, etc.; ἡ παρ' ἡμῖν θ. Pl. Phd. 113a; ἡ θ. ἡ καθ' ἡμᾶς Plb. 1.3.9; ἡ ἐντὸς καὶ κ. ἡ. λεγομένη θ. Str. 2.5.18; ἡ ἔσω θ. Arist. Mu. 393b29; ἡ ἔξω θ., of the Ocean, Id. Mete. 350a22; ἡ Ἀτλαντικὴ θ. Id. Mu. 392b22; ἡ μεγάλη θ. Plu. Alex. 73; of a salt lake, Arist. Mete. 351a9; ἐς θάλασσαν τὴν τοῦ Εὐξείνου πόντου Hdt. 2.33; πέλαγος θαλάσσης A.R. 2.608; κατὰ θάλασσαν by sea, opp. πεζῇ, Hdt. 5.63; opp. κατὰ γῆς, Th. 7.28 codd.; κατά τε γῆν καὶ κατὰ θ. Pl. Mx. 241a; χέρσον καὶ θ. ἐκπερῶν A. Eu. 240; τῆς θ. ἀνθεκτέα ἐστί one must engage in maritime affairs, Th. 1.93; οἱ περὶ τὴν θ. sea -faring men, Arist. HA 598b24, cf. Pol. 1291b20; θ. καὶ πῦρ καὶ γυνὴ — τρίτον κακόν Men. Mon. 231, cf. 264: metaph., κακῶν θ a sea of troubles, A. Th. 758 (lyr.); ὁ Κρὴς τὴν θ. (sc. ἀγνοεῖ), of pretended ignorance, Suid.

2. sea-water, ἔστω ἐν χαλκῷ ἡ θ. Hp. Coac. 427, cf. Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.121d, Moschio ib. 5.208a, Plb. 16.5.4, Dsc. 2.83.

3. well of salt water, said to be produced by a stroke of Poseidon's trident, in the Acropolis at Athens, Hdt. 8.55; θ. Ἐρεχθηΐς Apollod. 3.14.1.

4. channel, LXX 1 Kings 18:32.

5. χαλκῆ θ. laver, ib. 2 Samuel 8:8.

6. θ. κοίλη wooden theatre, Paus.Gr. Fr. 208 (= Com.Adesp. 864). — For the Lacon. form σάλασσα, v. θαλασσομέδων.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

θάλασσα (cf. Buttmann, 7), θαλάσσης, ἡ (akin to ἅλς (better, allied to ταράσσω etc., from its tossing; cf. Vanicek, p. 303); the Sept. for יָם) (from Homer down), the sea; (on its distinction from πέλαγος see the latter word);

a. universally: Matthew 23:15; Mark 11:23; Luke 17:2, 6; Luke 21:25; Romans 9:27; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Hebrews 11:12; James 1:6; Jude 1:13; Revelation 7:1-3, etc.; ἐργάζεσθαι τήν θαλασσην (see ἐργάζομαι, 2 a.), Revelation 18:17; τό πέλαγος τῆς θαλάσσης (see πέλαγος, a.), Matthew 18:6; joined with γῆ and οὐρανός it forms a periphrasis for the whole world, Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15; Revelation 5:13; Revelation 10:6 (L WH brackets); (Haggai 2:7; Psalm 145:6 (); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 3, 2; (contra Apion 2, 10, 1)); among the visions of the Apocalypse a glassy sea or sea of glass is spoken of; but what the writer symbolized by this is not quite clear: Revelation 4:6; Revelation 15:2.

b. specifically used (even without the article, cf. Winers Grammar, 121 (115); Buttmann, § 124, 8b.) of the Mediterranean Sea: Acts 10:6, 32; Acts 17:14; of the Red Sea (see ἐρυθρός), ἡ ἐρυθρᾷ θάλασσα, Acts 7:36; 1 Corinthians 10:1; Hebrews 11:29. By a usage foreign to native Greek writings (cf. Aristotle, meteor. 1, 13, p. 351a, 8 ἡ ὑπό τόν Καυκασον λίμνη ἥν καλοῦσιν οἱ ἐκεῖ θαλατταν, and Hesychius defines λίμνη: ἡ θάλασσα καί ὁ ὠκεανός) employed like the Hebrew יָם (e. g. Numbers 34:11), by Matthew, Mark, and John (nowhere by Luke) of the Lake of Γεννησαρέτ (which see): ἡ θάλασσα τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Matthew 4:18; Matthew 15:29; Mark 1:16; Mark 7:31 (similarly Lake Constance,der Bodensee, is called mare Suebicum, the Suabian Sea); τῆς Τιβεριάδος, John 21:1; τῆς Γαλιλαίας τῆς Τιβεριάδος (on which twofold genitive cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 3 N. 3; (Buttmann, 400 (343))), John 6:1; more frequently simply ἡ θάλασσα: Matthew 4:15, 18; Matthew 8:24, 26f, 32; Matthew 13:1, etc.; Mark 2:13; Mark 3:7; Mark 4:1, 39; Mark 5:13, etc.; John 6:16-19, 22, 25; John 21:7. Cf. Furrer in Schenkel ii. 322ff; (see Γεννησαρέτ).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

θάλασσα , -ης , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H3220;]

the sea: Matthew 23:15, Mark 11:23, Luke 21:25, Romans 9:27, Hebrews 11:12, James 1:6, Judges 1:13, Revelation 7:1, al.; τὸ πέλαγος τῆς θ . (v. Tr., ut infr.), Matthew 18:6; ὁ οὐρανὸς κ . ἡ γῆ κ . ἡ θ ., of the whole world, Acts 4:24, al. (Haggai 2:7); θ . ὑαλίνη , Revelation 4:6; Revelation 15:2; of the Mediterranean, Acts 10:6; Acts 10:32; Acts 17:14; of the Red Sea, ἐρυθρὰ θ ., Acts 7:36, 1 Corinthians 10:1-2, Hebrews 11:20; of an inland lake (as Heb. H3220), θ . τ . Γαλιλαίας , Matthew 4:18; Matthew 15:29, Mark 1:16; Mark 7:31; τ . Τιβεριάδος , John 21:1; τ . Γ . τ . T., John 6:1; of the same, simply ἡ θ ., Matthew 4:15, Mark 2:13, al.

SYN.: πέλαγος G3989, the vast expanse of open water"; θ ., "the sea as contrasted with the land" (Tr., Syn., xiii).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

BGU II. 423.7 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 90) εὐχαριστῶ τῷ κυρίῳ Σεράπιδι, ὅτι μου κινδυνεύσαντος εἰς θάλασσαν (cf. 2 Corinthians 11:26) ἔσωσε, P Oxy VII. 1067.29 (iii/A.D.) ἀγόρασόν μοι ὀψαρίδιον ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης (cf. John 21:10), and from the inscrr. Michel 372.11 (ii/B.C.) ἐργα [ζ ]όμενός τε κατὰ θάλασσαν ἐργασίαν, ib. 521.10 (ii/B.C.) κατὰ γῆς καὶ κατὰ θαλάσσας. For references to ἡ ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα, as in Ac 7.86, Hebrews 11:29, cf. P Grenf I. 9.3 (iii/B.C.) ἐρ ]υθρᾶι θαλάσσηι, OGIS 186.5 (B.C. 62) ὁ συγγενὴς καὶ ἐπιστράτηγος καὶ στρατηγὸς τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης, ib. 190.9 (B.C. 51) ἐπὶ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης : cf. also the intr. to P Ryl 11. 66 (late ii/B.c.). For the adj. θαλάττ (–σσ –)ιος, see P Oxy 1. 87.7 (A.D. 342) θαλαττίου ναυκληρίου, ";a sea-going vessel,"; ib. X. 1288.6 (iv/A.D.) εἰς διαγραφὴν πλύου θαλασσίας τιτ ̣έσματος (l. πλοίου θαλασσίου τελέσματος ̣ (?) ) (τάλ.) θ ̄, ";in payment for a sea-vessel, for charges 9 tal."; (Edd.), and for ἐπιθαλάσσιος, P Rev Lxciii . 5 (B.C. 258) ἐπιθαλασσίαν. In 3 Kings 18.32, 35, 38 θάλασσα is used = ";channel,"; doubtless because of its similarity in sound to the Heb. תְּעָלָה : see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 37

List of Word Forms

θαλασσα θάλασσα θάλασσά θαλάσσαις θαλασσαν θαλάσσαν θάλασσαν θαλάσσας θαλασση θαλάσση θαλάσσῃ θάλασση θαλασσης θαλάσσης θαλασσών θάλλει θάλλουσα θαλπιώθ thalassa thálassa thalassan thálassan thalasse thalassē thalássei thalássēi thalasses thalassēs thalásses thalássēs