Strongs Number: H3220
- Hebrew Word
- יָם
- Transliteration
- yâm
- Phonetic
- yawm
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large {river} or an artificial basin; {locally} the {west} or (rarely) the south
- BDB Definition
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1. sea
a. Mediterranean Sea
b. Red Sea
c. Dead Sea
d. Sea of Galilee
e. sea (general)
f. mighty river (Nile)
g. the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
h. seaward, west, westward
- Origin
- From an unused root meaning to roar
- Bible Usage
- sea (X -faring {man} {[-shore]}) {south} west ({-ern} {side} -ward).