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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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400 occurrences352 verses46 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:26

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Job 6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:3 · retained source text

For now it would be heauier then the sand of the sea, therefore my words are swallowed vp.

1611 marginal noteThat is, I want words to expresse my griefe.

Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 7:12 · retained source text

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch ouer me?

Job 9:8
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 9:8 · retained source text

Which alone spreadeth out the heauens, and treadeth vpon the waues of the Sea.

1611 marginal noteHebr. heights

1611 marginal noteGen. 1.6.

Job 12:8
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 12:8 · retained source text

Or speake to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare vnto thee.

Job 14:11
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 14:11 · retained source text

As the waters faile from the sea, and the floud decayeth and dryeth vp:

Job 26:12
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 26:12 · retained source text

Hee diuideth the sea with his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth through the proud.

1611 marginal noteHeb. pride.

Job 28:14
The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 28:14 · retained source text

The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

1611 marginal noteRom. 11.22,34.

Job 36:30
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 36:30 · retained source text

Behold, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the roots.

Job 38:8
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 38:8 · retained source text

Or who shut vp the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as if it had issued out of the wombe?

1611 marginal notePsal. 104.9.

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