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Lexicon :: Strong's G2281 - thalassa

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θάλασσα
Transliteration
thalassa (Key)
Pronunciation
thal'-as-sah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably prolonged from ἅλς (G251)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: xiii. θάλασσα, πέλαγος.

Strong’s Definitions

θάλασσα thálassa, thal'-as-sah; probably prolonged from G251; the sea (genitive case or specially):—sea.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x

The KJV translates Strong's G2281 in the following manner: sea (92x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x
The KJV translates Strong's G2281 in the following manner: sea (92x).
  1. the sea

    1. used of the sea in general

    2. used specifically of the Mediterranean Sea or the Red Sea

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θάλασσα thálassa, thal'-as-sah; probably prolonged from G251; the sea (genitive case or specially):—sea.
STRONGS G2281:
θάλασσα (cf. Buttmann, 7), θαλάσσης, (akin to ἅλς (better, allied to ταράσσω etc., from its tossing; cf. Vanicek, p. 303); the Sept. for יָם) (from Homer down), the sea; (on its distinction from πέλαγος see the latter word);
a. universally: Matthew 23:15; Mark 11:23; Luke 17:2, 6; Luke 21:25; Romans 9:27; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Hebrews 11:12; James 1:6; Jude 1:13; Revelation 7:1-3, etc.; ἐργάζεσθαι τήν θαλασσην (see ἐργάζομαι, 2 a.), Revelation 18:17; τό πέλαγος τῆς θαλάσσης (see πέλαγος, a.), Matthew 18:6; joined with γῆ and οὐρανός it forms a periphrasis for the whole world, Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15; Revelation 5:13; Revelation 10:6 (L WH brackets); Revelation 14:7 (Haggai 2:7; Psalm 145:6 (Ps. 146:6); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 3, 2; (contra Apion 2, 10, 1)); among the visions of the Apocalypse a glassy sea or sea of glass is spoken of; but what the writer symbolized by this is not quite clear: Revelation 4:6; Revelation 15:2.
b. specifically used (even without the article, cf. Winers Grammar, 121 (115); Buttmann, § 124, 8b.) of the Mediterranean Sea: Acts 10:6, 32; Acts 17:14; of the Red Sea (see ἐρυθρός), ἐρυθρᾷ θάλασσα, Acts 7:36; 1 Corinthians 10:1; Hebrews 11:29. By a usage foreign to native Greek writings (cf. Aristotle, meteor. 1, 13, p. 351a, 8 ὑπό τόν Καυκασον λίμνη ἥν καλοῦσιν οἱ ἐκεῖ θαλατταν, and Hesychius defines λίμνη: θάλασσα καί ὠκεανός) employed like the Hebrew יָם (e. g. Numbers 34:11), by Matthew, Mark, and John (nowhere by Luke) of the Lake of Γεννησαρέτ (which see): θάλασσα τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Matthew 4:18; Matthew 15:29; Mark 1:16; Mark 7:31 (similarly Lake Constance,derBodensee, is called mare Suebicum, the Suabian Sea); τῆς Τιβεριάδος, John 21:1; τῆς Γαλιλαίας τῆς Τιβεριάδος (on which twofold genitive cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 3 N. 3; (Buttmann, 400 (343))), John 6:1; more frequently simply θάλασσα: Matthew 4:15, 18; Matthew 8:24, 26f, 32; Matthew 13:1, etc.; Mark 2:13; Mark 3:7; Mark 4:1, 39; Mark 5:13, etc.; John 6:16-19, 22, 25; John 21:7. Cf. Furrer in Schenkel ii. 322ff; (see Γεννησαρέτ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
34:11
Psalms
145:6; 146:6
Haggai
2:7
Matthew
4:15; 4:18; 4:18; 8:24; 8:26; 8:32; 13:1; 15:29; 18:6; 23:15
Mark
1:16; 2:13; 3:7; 4:1; 4:39; 5:13; 7:31; 11:23
Luke
17:2; 17:6; 21:25
John
6:1; 6:16; 6:17; 6:18; 6:19; 6:22; 6:25; 21:1; 21:7
Acts
4:24; 7:36; 10:6; 10:32; 14:15; 17:14
Romans
9:27
1 Corinthians
10:1
2 Corinthians
11:26
Hebrews
11:12; 11:29
James
1:6
Jude
1:13
Revelation
4:6; 5:13; 7:1; 7:2; 7:3; 10:6; 14:7; 15:2; 18:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2281 matches the Greek θάλασσα (thalassa),
which occurs 39 times in 37 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 -

the birds of the sky,

and the fish of the sea

that pass through the currents of the seas.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 -

for he laid its foundation on the seas

and established it on the rivers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 -

He gathers the water of the sea into a heap;[fn]

he puts the depths into storehouses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:2 -

Therefore we will not be afraid,

though the earth trembles

and the mountains topple

into the depths of the seas,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5 -

You answer us in righteousness,

with awe-inspiring works,

God of our salvation,

the hope of all the ends of the earth

and of the distant seas.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 -

You silence the roar of the seas,

the roar of their waves,

and the tumult of the nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 -

He turned the sea into dry land,

and they crossed the river on foot.

There we rejoiced in him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:22 -

The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;

I will bring them back from the depths of the sea

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2 -

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;

I have come into deep water,

and a flood sweeps over me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34 -

Let heaven and earth praise him,

the seas and everything that moves in them,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 -

May he rule from sea to sea

and from the Euphrates

to the ends of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 -

You divided the sea with your strength;

you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the water;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19 -

Your way went through the sea

and your path through the vast water,

but your footprints were unseen.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13 -

He split the sea and brought them across;

the water stood firm like a wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 -

He rained meat on them like dust,

and winged birds like the sand of the seas.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53 -

He led them safely, and they were not afraid;

but the sea covered their enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:11 -

It sent out sprouts toward the Sea[fn]

and shoots toward the River.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 -

You rule the raging sea;

when its waves surge, you still them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 -

North and south ​— ​you created them.

Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:25 -

“I will extend his power to the sea

and his right hand to the rivers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 -

Greater than the roar of a huge torrent —

the mighty breakers of the sea —

the LORD on high is majestic.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5 -

The sea is his; he made it.

His hands formed the dry land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 -

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;

let the sea and all that fills it resound.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 -

Let the sea and all that fills it,

the world and those who live in it, resound.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 -

Here is the sea, vast and wide,

teeming with creatures beyond number —

living things both large and small.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 -

Our ancestors in Egypt did not grasp

the significance of your wondrous works

or remember your many acts of faithful love;

instead, they rebelled by the sea ​— ​the Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 -

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;

he led them through the depths as through a desert.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 -

wondrous works in the land of Ham,[fn]

awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 -

and has gathered them from the lands —

from the east and the west,

from the north and the south.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 -

Others went to sea in ships,

conducting trade on the vast water.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 -

The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:5 -

Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Jordan, that you turned back?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 -

The LORD does whatever he pleases

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all the depths.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 -

He divided the Red Sea

His faithful love endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 -

but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.

His faithful love endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 -

If I fly on the wings of the dawn

and settle down on the western horizon,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:6 -

the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea and everything in them.

He remains faithful forever,

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