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Sea, the

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Genesis 1:10 ); (2) a river, as the Nile (Isaiah 19:5 ), the Euphrates (Isaiah 21:1; Jeremiah 51:36 ); (3) the Red Sea (Exodus 14:16,27; 15:4 , etc.); (4) the Mediterranean (Exodus 23:31; Numbers 34:6,7; Joshua 15:47; Psalm 80:11 , etc.); (5) the "sea of Galilee," an inland fresh-water lake, and (6) the Dead Sea or "salt sea" (Genesis 14:3; Numbers 34:3,12 , etc.). The word "sea" is used symbolically in Isaiah 60:5 , where it probably means the nations around the Mediterranean. In Daniel 7:3 , Revelation 13:1 it may mean the tumultuous changes among the nations of the earth.