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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, ἡ (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), ἡ 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 ἡ ὑπό τόν Καυκασον λίμνη ἥν καλοῦσιν οἱ ἐκεῖ θαλατταν, and Hesychius defines λίμνη: ἡ θάλασσα καί ὁ 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): ἡ 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 ἡ 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 - For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 - He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:2 - Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5 - By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 - He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:22 - The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2 - I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34 - Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 - Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13 - He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53 - And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:11 - She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:25 - I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5 - The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 - Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 - Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 - So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 - Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 - And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 - The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:5 - What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 - To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 - But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:6 - Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
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