Sea.
The seas referred to in scripture are:

1. THE MEDITERRANEAN, under the names of 'the great sea,' Numbers 34:6, Numbers 1:34; Ezekiel 48:28; 'the uttermost sea,' or 'the hinder sea,' Deuteronomy 11:24; Zechariah 14:8; 'the sea of Joppa,' Ezra 3:7; 'sea of the Philistines,' Exodus 23:31.

The 'SEA OF CILICIA AND PAMPHYLIA,' Acts 27:5, is the N.E. corner of the Mediterranean Sea.

2. THE SALT SEA, Numbers 34:3, Numbers 1:34; also called 'the east sea,' Ezekiel 47:18; Joel 2:20; 'the former sea,' Zechariah 14:8; 'the sea of the plain,' Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; 2 Kings 1:14. See SALT SEA

3. THE RED SEA, Exodus 10:19; Psalms 106:7, Psalms 1:106, Psalms 1:106; Hebrews 11:29; also called 'the Egyptian sea,' Isaiah 11:15. See RED SEA.

4. THE SEA OF GALILEE, Mark 1:16; also called the 'Sea of Tiberias,' John 21:1; the 'Sea of Chinnereth,' Numbers 34:11; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:27; the 'Lake of Gennesaret,' Luke 5:1. See GALILEE, SEA OF.

5. SEA OF JAZER, a small lake in Gilead, now represented by some ponds, near where Jazer stood. Jeremiah 48:32

Sea the ,Sea, The.

This is used as a symbol of the mass of the people unorganised. Revelation 13:1. In Revelation 13:11 a beast arises out of the earth, pointing to organisation.


Choose another letter: