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sea

Meaning of “sea”

1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:26

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Showing verses 1–10 of 26 · 28 word occurrences in this result

Isaiah 5:30
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:30 · retained source text

And in that day they shall roare against them, like the roaring of the sea: and if one looke vnto the land, behold darkenesse and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heauens therof.

1611 marginal noteOr, distresse.

1611 marginal noteOr, when it is light it shalbe darke in the destructions thereof.

Isaiah 9:1
NEVERTHELESS the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 9:1 · retained source text

¶ Neuerthelesse the dimnesse shall not be such as was in her vexation; when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grieuously afflict her by the way of the Sea, beyond Iordan in Galile of the nations.

1611 marginal noteOr, populous.

Isaiah 10:22
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:22 · retained source text

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall returne: the consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in or amongst.

1611 marginal noteOr, in.

1611 marginal noteCha 28.22 rom.9.27.

Isaiah 10:26
And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:26 · retained source text

And the LORD of hostes shall stirre vp a scourge for him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rocke Oreb: and as his rod was vpon the Sea, so shall he lift it vp after the manner of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteIudg.7.25 cha.9.4.

Isaiah 11:9
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 11:9 · retained source text

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountaine: for the earth shall bee full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters couer the sea.

Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 11:11 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, that the LORD shall set his hande againe the second time, to recouer the remnant of his people which shalbe left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, & from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the ylands of the Sea.

Isaiah 11:15
And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 11:15 · retained source text

And the LORD shall vtterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and with his mighty wind shall hee shake his hand ouer the riuer, and shall smite it in the seuen streames, and make men goe ouer dry-shod.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in shooes.

Isaiah 16:8
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 16:8 · retained source text

For the fieldes of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah, the lords of the heathen haue broken downe the principall plants thereof, they are come euen vnto Iazer, they wandred through the wildernesse, her branches are stretched out, they are gone ouer the sea.

1611 marginal noteOr, plucked vp.

Isaiah 18:2
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 18:2 · retained source text

That sendeth ambassadours by the sea, euen in vessels of bulrushes vpon the waters, saying; Goe yee swift messengers to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto, a nation meted out and troden downe; whose land the riuers haue spoiled.

1611 marginal noteOr, outspread and polished.

1611 marginal noteOr, a nation that meteth out, and treadeth downe. Heb. a nation of line line, and treading vnderfoote.

1611 marginal noteOr, whose land the riuers despise.

Isaiah 19:5
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 19:5 · retained source text

And the waters shall faile from the sea, and the riuer shalbe wasted, and dried vp.

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