θάλασσα

θάλασσα, -ης, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for יָם ;]

the sea: Matt 23,15, Mark 11,23, Luk 21,25, Rom 9,27, Hebr 11,12, Jak 1,6, Jud 13, Åb 7,1, al.; τὸ πέλαγος τῆς θ. (see Tr., ut infr.), Matt 18,6 ὁ οὐρανὸς κ. ἡ γῆ κ. ἡ θ., of the whole world, ApG 4,24, al. (Hag 2,7); θ. ὑαλίνη, Åb 4,6; 15,2; of the Mediterranean, ApG 10,6, 32; 17,14; of the Red Sea, ἐρυθρὰ θ., ApG 7,36, 1 Kor 10,1-2, Hebr 11,20; of an inland lake (as Heb. יָם), θ. τ. Γαλιλαίας, Matt 4,18; 15,29, Mark 1,16; 7,31; τ. Τιβεριάδος, Joh 21,1 τ. Γ. τ. T., Joh 6,1 of the same, simply ἡ θ., Matt 4,15, Mark 2,13, al

SYN.: πέλαγος, the vast expanse of open water"; θ., "the sea as contrasted with the land" (Tr., Syn., xiii)