LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H3220 - yām

Choose a new font size and typeface
יָם
Transliteration
yām
Pronunciation
yawm
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to roar
Dictionary Aids

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 3:23Joshua 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6 -

“You alone are Yahweh.

You have made the heavens,

The heaven of heavens with all their host,

The earth and all that is on it,

The seas H3220 and all that is in them.

You give life to all of them

And the heavenly host bows down to You.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:9 -

“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,

And heard their cry by the [fn]Red Sea H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:11 -

“You split the sea H3220 before them,

So they passed through the midst of the sea H3220 on dry land;

And their pursuers You cast into the depths,

Like a stone into mighty waters.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1 -

Then King Ahasuerus set forced labor upon the land and the coastlands of the sea H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 -

“For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas H3220;

Therefore my words have been rash.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:12 -

“Am I the sea H3220 or the sea monster,

That You set a guard over me?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 -

Who alone stretches out the heavens,

And [fn]tramples down the waves of the sea H3220;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:9 -

“Its measure is longer than the earth

And broader than the sea H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 -

“Or muse to the earth, and let it instruct you;

And let the fish of the sea H3220 recount it to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:11 -

As water [fn]evaporates from the sea H3220,

And a river becomes parched and dried up,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12 -

“He quieted the sea H3220 with His power,

And by His understanding He crushed Rahab.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:14 -

“The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;

And the sea H3220 says, ‘It is not with me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 -

“Behold, He spreads His [fn]lightning about Him,

And He covers the depths of the sea H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 -

“Or who enclosed the sea H3220 with doors

When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:16 -

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea H3220

Or walked [fn]in the recesses of the deep?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:31 -

“It makes the depths boil like a pot;

It makes the sea H3220 like a jar of ointment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 -

The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea H3220,

Whatever passes through the paths of the seas H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:2 -

For He has founded it upon the seas H3220

And established it upon the rivers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:7 -

He gathers the waters of the sea H3220 [fn]as a heap;

He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:2 -

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change

And though the mountains shake into the heart of the [fn]sea H3220;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5 -

By [fn]fearsome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,

You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest [fn]sea H3220;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 -

Who stills the rumbling of the seas H3220,

The rumbling of their waves,

And the tumult of the peoples.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:6 -

He turned the sea H3220 into dry land;

They passed through the river on foot;

There let us be glad in Him!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:22 -

The Lord [fn]said, “I will bring them back from Bashan.

I will bring them back from the depths of the sea H3220;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34 -

Let heaven and earth praise Him,

The seas H3220 and everything that moves in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:8 -

May he also have dominion from sea H3220 to sea H3220

And from the River to the ends of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 -

You divided the sea H3220 by Your strength;

You broke the heads of the sea monsters [fn]in the waters.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19 -

Your way was in the sea H3220

And Your paths in the mighty waters,

But Your footprints were not known.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13 -

He split the sea H3220 and caused them to pass through,

And He made the waters stand up like a heap.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 -

Then He rained [fn]meat upon them like the dust,

Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas H3220,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53 -

He led them safely, so that they did not fear;

But the sea H3220 covered their enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:11 -

It sent out its branches to the sea H3220

And its shoots to the River.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 -

You rule the swelling of the sea H3220;

When its waves rise, You still them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:25 -

“I shall also set his hand on the sea H3220

And his right hand on the rivers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 -

More than the voices of many waters,

Than the mighty breakers of the sea H3220,

Yahweh on high is mighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5 -

[fn]The sea H3220 is His, for it was He who made it,

And His hands formed the dry land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 -

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;

Let the sea H3220 [fn]roar, as well as its fullness;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 -

Let the sea H3220 roar, as well as its fullness,

The world and those who dwell in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 -

This is the sea H3220, great and [fn]broad,

There the creeping things are without number,

Creatures both small and great.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 -

Our fathers in Egypt did not consider Your wondrous deeds;

They did not remember Your abundant lovingkindnesses,

But they rebelled by the sea H3220, at the [fn]Red Sea H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:9 -

Thus He rebuked the [fn]Red Sea H3220 and it dried up,

And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 -

Wondrous deeds in the land of Ham

And awesome things by the [fn]Red Sea H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 -

And gathered from the lands,

From the east and from the west,

From the north and from the [fn]south H3220.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 -

Those who go down to the sea H3220 in ships,

Who do business on many waters;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:3 -

The sea H3220 looked and fled;

The Jordan turned back.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:5 -

What disturbs you, O sea H3220, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 -

Whatever Yahweh pleases, He does,

In heaven and on earth, in the seas H3220 and in all deeps.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:13 -

To Him who divided the [fn]Red Sea H3220 in two,

For His lovingkindness endures forever,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:15 -

But He [fn]overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the [fn]Red Sea H3220,

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 -

If I lift up the wings of the dawn,

If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea H3220,


BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
LSB

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan