Dictionary entry

Sea, The

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

The gathering together of the waters originally called Ge 1:10

Great rivers often called Isa 11:15; Jer 51:36

Lakes often called De 3:17; Mt 8:24,27,32

God

Created Ex 20:11; Ps 95:5; Ac 14:15

Made the birds and fished out of Ge 1:20-22

Founded the earth upon Ps 24:2

Set bounds to, by a perpetual decree Job 26:10; 38:8,10,11; Pr 8:27,29

Measures the waters of Isa 40:12

Does what he pleases in Ps 135:6

Dries up, by his rebuke Isa 50:2; Na 1:4

Shakes, by his word Hag 2:6

Stills, by his power Ps 65:7; 89:9; 107:29

Of immense extent Job 11:9; Ps 104:25

Of great depth Ps 68:22

Rivers supplied by exhalations from Ec 1:7

Replenished by rivers Ec 1:7; Eze 47:8

CALLED THE

Deep Job 41:31; Ps 107:24; 2Co 11:25

Great waters Ps 77:19

Great and wide sea Ps 104:25

The clouds the garment of Job 38:9

Darkness the swaddling band of Job 38:9

Sand the barrier of Jer 5:22

Inhabited by innumerable creatures great and small Ps 104:25,26

The wonders of God seen in Ps 107:24

Made to glorify God Ps 69:34; 148:7

SEAS MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE

The Adriatic or sea of Adria Ac 27:27

Mediterranean or great sea Nu 34:6; De 11:24; 34:2; Zec 14:8

Red Sea Ex 10:19; 13:18; 23:31

Sea of Joppa or sea of the Philistines Ezr 3:7; Ex 23:21

Salt of Dead Sea Ge 14:3; Nu 34:12

Sea of Galilee Mt 4:18; 8:32; Joh 6:1

Sea of Jazer Jer 48:32

Raised by the wind Ps 107:25,26; Jon 1:4

Caused to foam by Leviathan Job 41:31,32

THE WAVES OF

Raised upon high Ps 93:3; 107:25

Tossed to and fro Jer 5:22

Multitudinous Jer 51:42

Mighty Ps 93:4; Ac 27:41

Tumultuous Lu 21:25; Jude 1:13

The shore of, covered with sand Ge 22:17; 1Ki 4:29; Job 6:3; Ps 78:27

Numerous islands in Eze 26:18

Passed over in ships Ps 104:26; 107:23

Sailing on, dangerous Ac 27:9,20; 2Co 11:26

COMMERCIAL NATIONS

Often built cities on the borders of Ge 49:13; Eze 27:3; Na 3:8

Derived great wealth from De 33:19

Shall give up its dead at the last day Re 20:13

The renewed earth shall be without Re 21:1

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of heavy afflictions Isa 43:2; La 2:13

(Trouble,) of the wicked Isa 57:20

(Roaring,) of hostile armies Isa 5:30; Jer 6:23

(Waves of,) of righteousness Isa 48:18

(Waves of,) of devastating armies Eze 26:3,4

(Waves of,) of the unsteady Jas 1:6

(Covered with waters,) of the diffusion of spiritual knowledge over the earth in the latter days Isa 11:9; Hab 2:14

(Smooth as glass,) of the peace of heaven Re 4:6; 15:2