Reference: Sea, The
Easton
(Heb yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Ge 1:10); (2) a river, as the Nile (Isa 19:5), the Euphrates (Isa 21:1; Jer 51:36); (3) the Red Sea (Ex 14:16,27; 15:4, etc.); (4) the Mediterranean (Ex 23:31; Nu 34:6-7; Jos 15:47; Ps 80:11, etc.); (5) the "sea of Galilee," an inland fresh-water lake, and (6) the Dead Sea or "salt sea" (Ge 14:3; Nu 34:3,12, etc.). The word "sea" is used symbolically in Isa 60:5, where it probably means the nations around the Mediterranean. In Da 7:3; Re 13:1 it may mean the tumultuous changes among the nations of the earth.
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And God called the dry land "the earth" and the gathering together of waters called he "the sea." And God saw that it was good.
All these came together unto the vale of Siddim, which is now the salt sea.
But lift thou up thy rod and stretch out thy hand over the sea and divide it asunder, that the children of Israel may go on dry ground through the midst thereof.
Then stretched forth Moses his hand over the sea, and it came again to his course early in the morning, and the Egyptians fled against it. Thus the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea,
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea. His jolly captains are drowned in the reed sea;
And I will make thy coasts from the reed sea unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river. I will deliver the inhabiters of the land into thine hand, and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
And your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, so that your south quarter shall be from the side of the salt sea eastward,
And your west quarter shall be the great sea, which coast shall be your west coast. And this shall be your north quarter: ye shall compass from the great sea unto mount Hor.
And then go down along by Jordan, and leave at the salt sea. And this shall be your land with all the coasts thereof round about.'"
Ashdod with her towns and villages. Gaza with her towns and villages, even unto the river of Egypt: and the great sea with the coasts that lie thereon.
The water of the sea shall be drawn out, the Nile shall sink away, and be drunk up.
This is the heavy burden of the waste sea: A grievous vision was showed unto me, even as the stormy weather that passeth through at the noonday, to come from the wilderness, from that horrible land.
Then thou shalt see, and shalt have plenty: thine heart shall wonder and break out in joy, when the multitude of the sea are turned to thee, and the armies of the heathen are come unto thee.
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I will defend thy cause, and avenge thee: I will drink up her sea, and dry up her water springs.
And I stood on the sea sand. And I saw a beast rise out of the sea, having seven heads, and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his head, the name of blasphemy.
Morish
This is used as a symbol of the mass of the people unorganised. Re 13:1. In Re 13:11 a beast arises out of the earth, pointing to organisation.
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And I stood on the sea sand. And I saw a beast rise out of the sea, having seven heads, and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his head, the name of blasphemy.
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as did the dragon.