Strong's H3220 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: יָם (yâm)

Pronunciation: yawm

POS: yawm Morph: n-m

Exegesis: from an unused root meaning to roar;

Definition: 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 ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

KJV Usage: sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) sea
• 2. 1a) Mediterranean Sea
• 3. 1b) Red Sea
• 4. 1c) Dead Sea
• 5. 1d) Sea of Galilee
• 6. 1e) sea (general)
• 7. 1f) mighty river (Nile)
• 8. 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
• 9. 1h) seaward, west, westward

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G1424
• GREEK G2281
• GREEK G3882

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