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Strong's G2281 · Greek

θάλασσα

thalassa · thal'-as-sah

probably prolonged from 251; the sea (genitive case or specially)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

θάλασσα (G2281)

90 θάλασσα , -ης, ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for יָם ;] the sea : Mt 23:15 , Mk 11:23 , Lk 21:25 , Ro 9:27 , He 11:12 , Ja 1:6 , Ju 13 , Re 7:1 , al.; τὸ πέλαγος τῆς θ. (v. Tr., ut infr.), Mt 18:6 ; ὁ οὐρανὸς κ. ἡ γῆ κ. ἡ θ. , of the whole world, Ac 4:24 , al. ( Hg 2:7 ); θ. ὑαλίνη , Re 4:6 15:2 ; of the Mediterranean, Ac 10:6 , 32 17:14 ; of the Red Sea, ἐρυθρὰ θ. , Ac 7:36 , I Co 10:1 , 2 , He 11:29 ; of an inland lake (as Heb. יָם ), θ. τ. Γαλιλαίας , Mt 4:18 15:29 , Mk 1:16 7:31 ; τ. Τιβεριάδος , Jo 21:1 ; τ. Γ. τ. T., Jo 6:1 ; of the same, simply ἡ θ. , Mt 4:15 , Mk 2:13 , al. SYN. : πέλαγος , the vast expanse of open water"; θ. , "the sea as contrasted with the land" (Tr., Syn. , xiii).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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