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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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Showing verses 321–330 of 352 · 400 word occurrences in this result

Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 28:4 · retained source text

And when the Barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they saide among themselues, No doubt this man is a murtherer, whom though hee hath escaped the Sea, yet Uengeance suffereth not to liue.

Romans 9:27
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 9:27 · retained source text

Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shalbe saued.

1611 marginal noteEsay 10.22,23.

1 Corinthians 10:1
MOREOVER, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:1 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer brethren, I would not that yee should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were vnder the cloud, and all passed thorow the Sea:

1 Corinthians 10:2
And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:2 · retained source text

And were all baptized vnto Moyses in the cloud, and in the sea:

2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 11:26 · retained source text

In iourneying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my owne countreymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the citie, in perils in the wildernesse, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,

Hebrews 11:12
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 11:12 · retained source text

Therfore sprang there euen of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the starres of the skie in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Hebrews 11:29
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hebrews 11:29 · retained source text

By faith they passed through the red sea, as by drie land: which the Egyptians assaying to do, were drowned.

James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · James 1:6 · retained source text

But let him aske in faith, nothing wauering: for he that wauereth is like a waue of the sea, driuen with the wind, and tossed.

James 3:7
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 3:7 · retained source text

For euery kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind.

1611 marginal noteGr. nature.

1611 marginal noteGr. nature of man.

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