Category:The Sea

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

The Sea - (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, Exodus 14:27; Exodus 15:4, etc.); (4.) the Mediterranean (Exodus 23:31; Numbers 34:6, Numbers 34:7; Joshua 15:47; Psalms 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, Numbers 34:12, 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.