The Definition of the word Sea, The

Sea, The

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