BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3220
yam — sea
: sea 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward
286 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8165
se.ir — Seir
§ Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" n pr terr 2) the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont 3) a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf 3a) apparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself 4) a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim
33 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4628
ma.a.rav — west
setting place, west, westward
14 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
