Sea
πέλαγοςStrong’s G3989pelagos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pelagos is the Greek word usually translated “depth” and “then”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.”
Meaning
Usually translated “depth” and “then”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- depth 1
- then 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
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)
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.