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Sea, The

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6539

פָּרַס

pa.ras — Persia

§ Persia = "pure" or "splendid" the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian, of Persia "pure" or "splendid"

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6540

פָּרַס

pa.ras — Persia

Aramaic of pa.ras (פָּרַס "Persia" H6539) § Persia = "pure" or "splendid" the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south 1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian, of Persia "pure" or "splendid"

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GREEK · G3989

πέλαγος

pelagos — sea

πέλαγος, -ους, τό [in LXX: 2Ma.5:21, 4Ma.7:1 * ;] the deep sea, the deep, the sea: Act.27:5; τὸ π. τῆς θαλάσσης, Mat.18:6 SYN.: θαλάσσα (which see); and cf. ἄβυσσος (AS)

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GREEK · G1037

βυθός

buthos — the deep

βυθός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX: Exo.15:5, Neh.9:11 (מְצוֹלָה), Psa.67 (68):22 68 (69):2, 15 106 (107):24 (מְצוּלָה)* ;] 1. the bottom. 2. the depth of the sea, the deep sea: 2Co.11:25. † (AS)

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GREEK · G8986

πυθμήν

puthmēn — a lower branch

1. the hollow bottom or stand of a cup , Lat. fundus, (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. of the sea, the bottom, depth , (Hesiod), etc. 3. the bottom or foundation of a thing, in plural, χθόνα ἐκ πυθμένων κραδαίνειν (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἐκ π. ἔκλινε κλῇθρα (Sophocles Tragicus); δίκας π. the anvil-stand on which is forged the sword of retribution, (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. the bottom, stock, root of a tree , (Odyssey by Homer):—;metaphorically the stem or stock of a family, (Aeschulus Tragicus); σμικροῦ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν σπέρματος π. μέγας, i. e. great things might come from small, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

(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.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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