What does "Sea" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Sea?

(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.

What is the Hebrew word for Sea?

Where does Sea appear in the Bible?

Sea is referenced in 264 verses across 39 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Chronicles 16:32
• 1 Corinthians 10:1
• 1 Corinthians 10:2
• 1 Kings 5:9
• 1 Kings 7:23
• 1 Kings 7:24
• 1 Kings 7:39
• 1 Kings 7:44
• 1 Kings 9:26
• 1 Kings 9:27
• 1 Kings 18:43
• 1 Kings 18:44
• 2 Chronicles 4:2
• 2 Chronicles 4:3
• 2 Chronicles 4:6
• 2 Chronicles 4:10
• 2 Chronicles 4:15
• 2 Corinthians 11:26
• 2 Kings 16:17
• 2 Kings 25:13
• 2 Kings 25:16
• 2 Samuel 22:16
• Acts 4:24
• Acts 7:36

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Sea.