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Lexicon :: Strong's H3220 - yām

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יָם
Transliteration
yām
Pronunciation
yawm
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to roar
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TWOT Reference: 871a

Strong’s Definitions

יָם yâm, yawm; from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south:—sea (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 396x

The KJV translates Strong's H3220 in the following manner: sea (321x), west (47x), westward (21x), west side (4x), seafaring men (1x), south (1x), western (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 396x
The KJV translates Strong's H3220 in the following manner: sea (321x), west (47x), westward (21x), west side (4x), seafaring men (1x), south (1x), western (1x).

  1. sea

    1. Mediterranean Sea

    2. Red Sea

    3. Dead Sea

    4. Sea of Galilee

    5. sea (general)

    6. mighty river (Nile)

    7. the sea (the great basin in the temple court)

    8. seaward, west, westward

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָם yâm, yawm; from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south:—sea (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
STRONGS H3220: Abbreviations
יָם 390 noun masculineExodus 14:27 sea (Phoenician ים; Arabic bdb041005; Palmyrene בימא on the sea, VogNo. 79; on Assyrian iâmu, (āmu), sea, see DlHWB 307 M-ACD 52 HptBAS i. 171 n.) — absolute יָם 1 Samuel 13:5 +; יָ֫מָּה Genesis 28:14 +; construct יָם Genesis 14:3 + 23 times, also יָ֫מָּה סוּף Exodus 10:19, but always יַםסֿוּף Exodus 13:18 + 22 times; suffix יַמָּהּ Jeremiah 51:36; plural יַמִּים Judges 5:17 + 29 times; — sea: especially
1. Mediterranean Numbers 13:29 (E), Numbers 34:5 (P), Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 5:1; 1 Kings 5:23 [1 Kings 5:9] (twice in verse); Jonah 1:4 (twice in verse) + often; the Mediterranean is called also הַיָּם הַגָּדוֺל Numbers 34:6, Numbers 34:7; Joshua 15:12, Joshua 15:47; Ezekiel 48:28 +, compare וּרְחַב יָדַיִם גּ׳ הַיּ׳ Psalm 104:25; מְבוֺא הַיָּם חַגּ׳ הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ Joshua 1:4; Joshua 23:4 (see Assyrian name of Mediterranean tiamtu rabitu ša sulmu šamši, etc., SchrNamender Meere. 171 ff.); אֶלמֿוּל הַלְּבָנוֺן הַגּ׳ הַיּ׳ Joshua 9:1; הָאַחֲרוֺן הַיּ׳ the hinder sea Deuteronomy 11:24; Deuteronomy 34:2; Zechariah 14:8; Joel 2:20 (in the last two opposed to הַקַּדְמֹנִי הַיּ׳, see below); of Mediterranean in particular part פְּלִשְׁתּים יָם Exodus 23:31 (JE); יָם יָפוֺ 2 Chronicles 2:15 [2 Chronicles 2:16] = יָם יָפוֺא Ezra 3:7. ** Of Mediterranean in plural Daniel 11:45 [compare 8 d] Hi Ke Meinh Bev Dr (world-encircling seas Behrm).
2. יַםסֿוּף 'Red Sea' (see סוּף) Exodus 13:18 (compare Exodus 10:19), Exodus 15:4; Numbers 14:25; Deuteronomy 1:40; Joshua 2:10; Judges 11:16 + often; also הַיָּם Exodus 14:2 (twice in verse); Exodus 14:9; Isaiah 51:10 (twice in verse); Isaiah 63:11 +; probably also יָםמִֿצְרַיִם Isaiah 11:15; 'Red Sea' named or referred to approximately + 66 times; יִםסֿוּף clearly of Ælanitic Gulf 1 Kings 9:26 (compare 2 Chronicles 8:17).
3. Dead Sea, יָם מֶלַח sea of salt Genesis 14:3; Numbers 34:3, Numbers 34:12; Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 15:2, Joshua 15:5; Joshua 18:19; יָם הָעֲרָבָה Deuteronomy 3:17; Deuteronomy 4:49; Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; 2 Kings 14:25; הַקַּדְמֹנִי הַי׳ Ezekiel 47:18; Zechariah 14:8; Joel 2:20 (see above); simply יָם Isaiah 16:8; Jeremiah 48:32; — in יָם יַעְזֵר Jeremiah 48:32 יָם is textual error, strike out with Gf Gr Che Gie.
4. Sea of Galilee יָם כִּנֶּרֶת Numbers 34:11; Joshua 13:27; יָם כִּנְּרוֺת Joshua 12:3; simply יָם Deuteronomy 33:23.
5. more generally sea, opposed to earth and (or) sky Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28; Genesis 9:2 (P), Exodus 20:11 (E), Haggai 2:6 +often Job, Psalms, Isaiah2 etc.; Amos 6:12 read בַּבָּקָר יָם for בקרים (see בָּקָר); sea as under earth Psalm 24:2 (compare Genesis 1:10; Genesis 6:11; Exodus 20:5 = Deuteronomy 5:3); figurative of flood of invaders, עָלָה עַלבָּֿבֶל הַיָּם Jeremiah 51:42.
6. of a mighty river, the Nile Nahum 3:8 (twice in verse); Isaiah 19:5 (|| נָהָר); compare הַתַּנִּין אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּם Isaiah 27:1 and כַּתַּנִּים בַּיַּמִּים Ezekiel 32:2 (simile of Pharaoh); of Euphrates Isaiah 21:1; Jeremiah 51:36 (according to Che Gf and others; Isaiah 21:1 perhaps better of Persian Gulf, see Di).
7. the great basin in temple-court, called the sea: וַיַּעַשׂ אֶתהַֿיָּם מוּצָק 1 Kings 7:23 2 Chronicles 4:2; יָם הַנְּחשֶׁת 2 Kings 25:13; 1 Chronicles 18:8; Jeremiah 52:17; הַיָּם alone 1 Kings 7:24, 1 Kings 7:25 + 10 times Kings Chronicles + Jeremiah 52:20.
8. combinations are:
a. shore of sea, sea-shore שְׂפַת הַיָּם Joshua 11:4; 1 Kings 5:9, and in simile Genesis 22:17; Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 13:5; חוֺף הַי׳ Joshua 9:1; Ezekiel 25:16; חוֺף יַמִּים Genesis 49:13; Judges 5:17; compare חֶבֶל הַיָּם Zephaniah 2:5 region by the sea; so Zephaniah 2:6 but dubious, see I. חֶבֶל 3.
b. sand of the sea (shore) חוֺל הַיָּם (in simile) Genesis 32:13 [Genesis 32:12]; Genesis 41:49; Hosea 2:1 [Hosea 1:10]; Isaiah 10:22 + often (see חוֺל); חוֺל גְּבוּל לַיָּם Jeremiah 5:22.
c. לְשׁוֺן הַיָּם tongue (arm or gulf) of sea Joshua 15:5; Joshua 18:19; Isaiah 11:15.
d. מִיָּם עַדיָֿם Amos 8:12; Zechariah 9:10; Psalm 72:8, compare Micah 7:12; Zechariah 14:8 (twice in verse); Joel 2:20 (twice in verse); Daniel 11:45.
9. = (west, west-word (originally sea-ward, from position of Mediterranean with reference to Palestine, and this sense still often perceptible): with other three points of compass Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14 (J), Numbers 2:18; Numbers 35:5 (P), Deuteronomy 3:27; 1 Kings 7:25; 1 Chronicles 9:24; 2 Chronicles 4:4; Ezekiel 42:19 + 6 times Ezekiel; Zechariah 14:4; Daniel 8:4; Psalm 107:3 (מִמִּזְרָח וּמִמַּעֲרָב מִצָּפוֺן וּמִיָּם; but read perhaps וּמִיָּמִן from the south, Hu Pe Bi Che); opposed to east Joshua 11:2; Joshua 16:6 + 16 times Ezekiel 48; west alone Genesis 12:8 (J); רוּהַ יָם Exodus 10:19 (J) west wind; מִיָּם לְ westward Joshua 8:9, Joshua 8:12, Joshua 8:13 +; יָ֫מָּה westward, often of tabernacle Exodus 26:22, Exodus 26:27; Numbers 3:23 — Joshua 5:1; Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:10 etc., + often Ezekiel; דֶּרֶךְ הַיָּם = westward Ezekiel 41:12; גְּבוּל יָם western border Numbers 34:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 15:2; פְּאַת־יָם west side Exodus 27:12; Exodus 38:12; Numbers 35:5; Joshua 18:14; דרך פְּאַת הים Ezekiel 41:12 (see further פאה).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3221.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:10; 1:26; 1:28; 6:11; 9:2; 12:8; 13:14; 14:3; 14:3; 22:17; 28:14; 28:14; 32:12; 41:49; 49:13

Exodus

10:19; 10:19; 10:19; 13:18; 13:18; 14:2; 14:9; 14:27; 15:4; 20:5; 20:11; 23:31; 26:22; 26:27; 27:12; 38:12

Numbers

2:18; 3:23; 13:29; 14:25; 34:3; 34:5; 34:6; 34:6; 34:7; 34:11; 34:12; 35:5; 35:5

Deuteronomy

1:7; 1:40; 3:17; 3:17; 3:27; 4:49; 5:3; 11:24; 33:23; 34:2

Joshua

1:4; 2:10; 3:16; 3:16; 5:1; 5:1; 8:9; 8:12; 8:13; 9:1; 9:1; 11:2; 11:4; 12:3; 12:3; 12:3; 13:27; 15:2; 15:2; 15:5; 15:5; 15:8; 15:10; 15:12; 15:47; 16:6; 18:14; 18:19; 18:19; 23:4

Judges

5:17; 5:17; 7:12; 11:16

1 Samuel

13:5; 13:5

1 Kings

5:9; 5:9; 7:23; 7:24; 7:25; 7:25; 9:26

2 Kings

14:25; 25:13

1 Chronicles

9:24; 18:8

2 Chronicles

2:16; 4:2; 4:4; 8:17

Ezra

3:7

Psalms

24:2; 72:8; 104:25; 107:3

Isaiah

10:22; 11:15; 11:15; 16:8; 19:5; 21:1; 21:1; 27:1; 51:10; 63:11

Jeremiah

5:22; 48:32; 48:32; 51:36; 51:36; 51:42; 52:17; 52:20

Ezekiel

25:16; 32:2; 41:12; 41:12; 42:19; 47:18; 48; 48:28

Daniel

8:4; 11:45; 11:45

Hosea

1:10

Joel

2:20; 2:20; 2:20

Amos

6:12; 8:12

Jonah

1:4

Micah

7:12

Nahum

3:8

Zephaniah

2:5; 2:6

Haggai

2:6

Zechariah

9:10; 14:4; 14:8; 14:8; 14:8

H3220

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Strong's Number H3220 matches the Hebrew יָם (yām),
which occurs 396 times in 339 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 7 (Neh 9:6–Psa 139:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6 - Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, H3220 and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:9 - And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:11 - And thou didst divide the sea H3220 before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea H3220 on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1 - And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: H3220 therefore my words are swallowed up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:12 - Am I a sea, H3220 or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:9 - The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea H3220 shall declare unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 - As the waters fail from the sea, H3220 and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12 - He divideth the sea H3220 with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14 - The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea H3220 saith, It is not with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 - Or who shut up the sea H3220 with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 - Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? H3220 or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31 - He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea H3220 like a pot of ointment.

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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, H3220 and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 - For he hath founded it upon the seas, H3220 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 H3220 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; H3220

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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: H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - Which stilleth the noise of the seas, H3220 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 H3220 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: H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34 - Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, H3220 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 H3220 to sea, H3220 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 H3220 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, H3220 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, H3220 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: H3220

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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 H3220 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, H3220 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: H3220 when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:25 - I will set his hand also in the sea, H3220 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. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5 - The sea H3220 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 H3220 roar, and the fulness thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 - Let the sea H3220 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, H3220 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, H3220 even at the Red sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 - He rebuked the Red sea H3220 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. H3220

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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. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - They that go down to the sea H3220 in ships, that do business in great waters;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 - The sea H3220 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, H3220 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, H3220 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 H3220 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: H3220 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; H3220

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