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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 17 times in 16 verses in 'Mat' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - “THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI,
[fn]BY THE WAY OF THE SEA G2281, BEYOND THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE [fn]GENTILES—

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:18 - Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea G2281 of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; G2281 for they were fishermen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:24 - And behold, there arose [fn]a great storm on the sea, G2281 so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:26 - He *said to them, “Why are you [fn]afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, G2281 and [fn]it became perfectly calm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:27 - The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea G2281 obey Him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:32 - And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea G2281 and perished in the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:1 - That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. G2281

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:47 - “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, G2281 and gathering fish of every kind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:24 - But the boat was already [fn]a long distance from the land, [fn]battered by the waves; for the wind was [fn]contrary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:25 - And in the [fn]fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. G2281

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:26 - When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, G2281 they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out [fn]in fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:29 - Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea G2281 of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:27 - “However, so that we do not [fn]offend them, go to the sea G2281 and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find [fn]a shekel. Take that and give it to them for you and Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it [fn]would be better for him to have a [fn]heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. G2281

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:21 - And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ G2281 it will happen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea G2281 and land to make one [fn]proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of [fn]hell as yourselves.
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