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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 Box Psa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 - for he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 - He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:2 - Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5 - By dread deeds thou dost answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the farthest seas;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - who dost still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 - He turned the sea into dry land; men passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:22

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:2 - I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34 - Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 - May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 - Thou didst divide the sea by thy might; thou didst break the heads of the dragons on the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19 - Thy way was through the sea, thy path through the great waters; yet thy footprints were unseen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13 - He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - he rained flesh upon them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:53

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53 - He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:11 - it sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - Thou dost rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, thou stillest them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - The north and the south, thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 - Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 - Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 - Yonder is the sea, great and wide, which teems with things innumerable, living things both small and great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider thy wonderful works; they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love, but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry; and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 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 Box Psa 107:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 - and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 - The sea looked and fled, Jordan turned back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 114:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:5 - What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatever the LORD pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 - to him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for his steadfast love endures for ever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 - but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures for ever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 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 Box Psa 146:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:6 - who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps faith for ever;
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