Isle.
The radical sense of the Hebrew word seems to be "habitable places," as opposed to water, and in this sense it occurs in
Hence it means secondarily any maritime district, whether belonging to a continent or to an island; thus it is used of the shore of the Mediterranean,
6/type/juliasmith'>Isa 20:6; 23:2,6
and of the coasts of Elishah,
i.e. of Greece and Asia Minor.
And he inhabiting this island said in that day, Behold, thus our expectation, where we fled there for help to be delivered from the face of the king of Assur: and how shall we escape?
Be ye silent, O inhabitants of the isle; the merchants of Zidon passing over the sea filled thee.
I will lay waste mountains and hills, and I will dry up all their green herbage; and I set the rivers for islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Fine linen with variegation from Egypt was thy spreading forth to be to thee for a signal; cerulean purple, and reddish purple, from the isles of Elisha was thy covering.