Sea
θάλασσαStrong’s G2281thalassa
Appears in 82 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thalassa is the Greek word usually translated “sea”. It appears in 82 verses of the New Testament.
“Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sea”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sea 83
- of sea 4
- a sea 2
- the sea 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 22
- Matthew 15
- Mark 15
- Acts 10
- John 9
- Luke 3
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 4:15The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
- Matthew 4:18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
- Matthew 8:24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
- Matthew 8:26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
- Matthew 8:27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
- Matthew 8:32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
All 82 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
θάλασσα thalassa · sea
θάλασσα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for יָם ;] the sea: Mat.23:15, Mrk.11:23, Luk.21:25, Rom.9:27, Heb.11:12, Jas.1:6, Ju 13, Rev.7:1, al.; τὸ πέλαγος τῆς θ. (see Tr., ut infr.), Mat.18:6; ὁ οὐρανὸς κ. ἡ γῆ κ. ἡ θ., of the whole world, Act.4:24, al. (Hag.2:7); θ. ὑαλίνη, Rev.4:6 15:2; of the Mediterranean, Act.10:6, 32 17:14; of the Red Sea, ἐρυθρὰ θ., Act.7:36, 1Co.10:1-2, Heb.11:20; of an inland lake (as Heb. יָם), θ. τ. Γαλιλαίας, Mat.4:18 15:29, Mrk.1:16 7:31; τ. Τιβεριάδος, Jhn.21:1; τ. Γ. τ. T., Jhn.6:1; of the same, simply ἡ θ., Mat.4:15, Mrk.2:13, al …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sea” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEA, noun
see. [This word, like lake, signifies primarily a seat, set or lay, a repository, a bason.]
- A large bason, cisternor laver which Solomon made in the temple, so large as to contain more than six thousand gallons. 1 Kings 7:232 Chronicles 4:2
- A large body of water, nearly inclosed by land, as the Baltic or the Mediterranean; as the sea of Azof.
- The ocean; as, to go to sea.
- A wave; a billow; a surge.
All definitions
- The swell of the ocean in a tempest, or the direction of the waves; as, we head the sea.
- Proverbially, a large quantity of liquor; as a sea of blood.
- A rough or agitated place or element.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.