Psalms 107:3 — Word Study
WLCוּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם מִמִּזְרָ֥ח וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב מִצָּפ֥וֹן וּמִיָּֽם׃
BSAand gatheredqâbats■ [brought together, collected] from the landsʼerets [countries, territories] from eastmizrâch [direction of sunrise] and westmaʻărâb [evening sun] from northtsâphôwn [Zaphon, upper region] and southyâm [opposite of north]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת | and from [the] lands | Conjunction, preposition, noun common feminine plural absolute |
| קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם | he has gathered them | Verb piel perfect third person masculine singular, suffix |
| מִמִּזְרָ֥ח | from east | Preposition, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב | and from west | Conjunction, preposition, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| מִצָּפ֥וֹן | from north | Preposition, noun common feminine singular absolute |
| וּמִיָּֽם׃ | and from [the] sea | Conjunction, preposition, noun common masculine singular absolute |
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| BSB | and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. |
| KJV | And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. |
| ASV | And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. |
| YLT | And from the lands hath gathered them, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea. |
| WEB | and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. |
| BBE | Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. |
Where they part company is וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת — see How Translations Differ.
The structure begins with the main action of gathering, followed by multiple prepositional phrases that detail the sources of the gathering.
8 commentators on this verse
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Deep Study — Psalms 107:3
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Context — The Gathering of the Redeemedgenerated
Psalms 107:3 describes how God gathers His redeemed people from various lands and directions. This gathering emphasizes God's sovereignty and care for His people, as He brings them together from diverse places, illustrating His power to save and unite. The preceding verses highlight the plight of the lost, while this verse celebrates their restoration.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psalm 106:47 | Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise. |
| 2 | Isaiah 11:11–16 | On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. |
| 3 | Isaiah 43:5–6 | Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. |
| 4 | Isaiah 49:12 | Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan. ” |
| 5 | Jeremiah 29:14 | I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.” |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 9 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם, ki.be.Tzamgenerated
The word קָבַץ (qabats) is a verb meaning 'to gather' or 'to collect.' It indicates an action of bringing together people or things into one place. The parsing shows it is in the perfect tense, third person masculine singular, suggesting a completed action — God has gathered them.
This gathering is not just physical but also spiritual, signifying a return to community and safety. The use of the verb in this context highlights God's active role in the redemption and restoration of His people.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
The verse is rendered similarly across translations, with all agreeing on the gathering from various directions.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main verb of the verse is קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם, he has gathered them, which governs the entire structure. The prepositional phrases that follow specify the sources of the gathering: from the lands, east, west, north, and sea.
The Hebrew word order places emphasis on the gathering action first, followed by the locations, highlighting the comprehensive nature of God's gathering.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם as αὐτοὺς, meaning 'them.' This choice indicates a focus on the gathered individuals, emphasizing their identity as the recipients of God's action.
The term used for lands, אֶרֶץ, is rendered as ξωρῶν, which also means 'lands' but carries a broader connotation, suggesting various regions and territories.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Psalms 107:3 speaks of God gathering His people from various directions: east, west, north, and sea. This verse highlights God's power to bring together those He has redeemed, emphasizing His care and sovereignty over all lands.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
It signifies God's action in bringing His people together from various regions, illustrating His sovereignty and care.
The directions emphasize the completeness of God's gathering, showing that no one is excluded from His reach.
This verse encapsulates the theme of redemption by illustrating God's initiative in restoring His people from diverse places.
Gathering from the sea symbolizes God's power over all creation, including the vast and chaotic waters.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways have I experienced God's gathering in my own life?
- How can I be more aware of the diverse backgrounds of those in my community?
- What does it mean to me that God actively gathers His people?
- How can I participate in God's work of gathering others into community?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early church fathers, such as Augustine of Hippo, reference this verse to illustrate God's gathering of the redeemed from all corners of the earth.
Let him speak openly. "From the east and the west, from the north and the sea" [Psalms 107:3]. Now then we understand these redeemed, in the whole circle of the earth.Early Church Fathers on Psalms 107 →
And that is why Jesus fasted when he was tempted, when he was still in need of food before his death. Although he ate and drank when he was glorified, he was not in need of food after his resurrection.Early Church Fathers on Psalms 107 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Psalms 107:3 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd gathered them out of the lands,.... This cannot have respect to the bringing of the children of Israel out of Egypt; for they were not then brought out of several countries, but from one land
Read John Gill on Psalms 107 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryLet the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever - from Psalms 106:1.
Read Robert Jamieson on Psalms 107 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleBringing them into their own land, out of the several quarters of the world into which they had been carried. From the south, Heb. from the sea; which in Scripture commonly notes the west, because the great midland sea was on the west of Canaan; but here, as it appears from the opposition of this to the north, it notes the south, so called from the Red Sea, which was on the south, and which is sometimes called the sea, simply and without addition, as 114:3.
Read Matthew Poole on Psalms 107 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsPsalms 107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.Ver. 3. And gathered them out of the lands] He beginneth with wayfaring men and exiles, because, according to Tyrtaeus, Non exul curae dicitur esse Deo. And from the south] Heb. from the sea, that is, as the Chaldee expoundeth it, from the southern sea, called the Red Sea.
Read John Trapp on Psalms 107 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Gathered them.—The usual prophetic word for the Restoration. (See references in margin, and with the verse comp. Isaiah 49:12.) From the south.—See margin. The sea here can hardly be any sea but the Mediterranean, and therefore ought, according to general use (see Genesis 12:8, &c), to stand for the west. But as this makes the enumeration of the points of the compass imperfect, several emendations have been proposed, the best of which is yamin (the “right hand,” and so “south”) for yam.Or is the text right, and instead of looking for a complete compass, ought we to connect this general statement with the four tableaux of misery presently painted, and so take “out of the sea” literally…
Read Charles John Ellicott on Psalms 107 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 3. And gathered them out of the lands] Though many Jews returned into Jerusalem from various parts of the world, under the reigns of Darius Hystaspes, Artaxerxes, and Alexander the Great; yet this prophecy has its completion only under the Gospel, when all the ends of the earth hear the salvation of God.
Read AdamClarke on Psalms 107 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges3. gathered them out of the lands] In accordance with many a prophetic promise (Jeremiah 32:37; Ezekiel 20:34; &c.); cp. the prayer of Psa 106:47. from the east &c.] “From the four quarters of the earth,” Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 43:5-6. Israelites from many lands doubtless returned to join the newly-founded community in Jerusalem. from the south] Heb. from the sea, which according to general usage means the west. The Targ. explains it to mean ‘the southern sea,’ the Arabian gulf or the Indian ocean; possibly it may denote the southern part of the Mediterranean, washing the shore of Egypt: but on the whole it seems most probable that the Psalmist borrowed the phrase “from the north and from the…
Read Cambridge on Psalms 107 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleAnd gathered them out of the lands - The countries where they were scattered. In the times of the captivity the people were not all taken to one place, or did not all abide in one place.
Read Albert Barnes on Psalms 107 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Tyndale line
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
And gathered them out of the lands, from the East and from the West, from the North and from the South.
Strictly literal
And gathered out of the countries, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.
And from the lands hath gathered them, From east and from west, From north, and from the sea.
And has gathered them from the lands, || From east and from west, || From north, and from the sea.
And whom he hath gathered out of the [various] lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the sea.
He has gathered them out of foreign lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
From the Latin
Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery and harp: I will arise in the morning early.
Simplified
He has gathered them together from distant lands, from the east and the west, the north and the south.
Making them come together out of all the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint agree closely, with all six words matched in the Hebrew text. The Dead Sea Scrolls show one word on the leather, with the rest supplied by an editor, indicating some textual damage but overall alignment with the Masoretic Text.
וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם מִמִּזְרָ֥ח וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב מִצָּפ֥וֹן וּמִיָּֽם׃
6 of the 6 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
[ומארצות] קבצ׳ם [ממזרח] [וממערב] [מצפון] [ומים]
1 word on the leather — 5 supplied entire by an editor.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Psalms 107:3
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
אֶ֫רֶץ (erets) is a feminine noun meaning 'earth' or 'land.' It encompasses various meanings, including the whole earth, specific territories like Canaan, and even inhabitants of the land. It can refer to soil, ground, or regions, and is used in phrases related to distance and the living. There is a note on the plural form אֲרָצוֹת, which mainly appears in later texts to denote multiple lands.
אֶ֫רֶץ n. f. & (seld.) m. earth, land
earth, whole earth (opp. to a part)
earth, opp. to heaven, sky
earth = inhabitants of earth
land =
country, territory
district, region
trial territory
piece of ground
specif. land of Canaan, or Israel
= inhabitants of land
used even of Shᵉʼôl
ground, surface of ground
soil, as productive
אֶרֶץ in phrases
people of the land
in measurements of distance
the country of the plain, level or plain country
land of the living
end(s) of the earth
pl. אֲרָצוֹת is almost wholly late; it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations, etc.
base
H776 אֶ֫רֶץ n. f. & (seld.) m. earth, land . . earth, whole earth (opp. to a part)
. earth, opp. to heaven, sky
. earth = inhabitants of earth
. land = . country, territory
. district, region
. trial territory
. piece of ground
. specif. land of Canaan, or Israel
. = inhabitants of land
. used even of Shᵉʼôl
. . ground, surface of ground
. soil, as productive
. אֶרֶץ in phrases . people of the land
. in measurements of distance
. the country of the plain, level or plain country
. land of the living
. end(s) of the earth
. pl. אֲרָצוֹת is almost wholly late; it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations, etc.
776 'erets eh'-rets
from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth
(at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth,
field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) — land: country/planet.
: country/field
1) land, earth
1a) earth
1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)
1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)
1a3) earth (inhabitants)
1b) land
1b1) country, territory
1b2) district, region
1b3) tribal territory
1b4) piece of ground
1b5) land of Canaan, Israel
1b6) inhabitants of land
1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world
1b8) city (-state)
1c) ground, surface of the earth
1c1) ground
1c2) soil
1d) (in phrases)
1d1) people of the land
1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
1d3) level or plain country
1d4) land of the living
1d5) end(s) of the earth
1e) (almost wholly late in usage)
1e1) lands, countries
1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan
אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) — land: soil.
: soil
1) land, earth
1a) earth
1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part)
1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven)
1a3) earth (inhabitants)
1b) land
1b1) country, territory
Conj | Prep | N-cp — Conjunction · preposition · noun common feminine plural absoluteHC/R/Ncfpa
קָבַץ (qabats) is a Hebrew verb meaning to gather or collect. It encompasses various forms, including assembling, being gathered, and taking away. The entries indicate its use in different stems, such as Qal, Niphal, Piel, Pual, and Hithpael, which reflect nuances in meaning and action.
קָבַץ 127 vb. gather, collect
Qal gather, collect
Niph.
intrans. assemble, gather
pass. be gathered
Pi. 51 gather together
Pu. of land
Hithp. gather together (intrans.), be gathered together
base
H6908 קָבַץ gather, collect
6908 qabats kaw-bats'
a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect:--assemble
(selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up),
heap, resort, X surely, take up.
קָבַץ (qa.vats) — to gather.
1) to gather, assemble
1a) (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to assemble, gather
1b2) to be gathered
1c) (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away
1d) (Pual) to be gathered together
1e) (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together
V-Piel-Perf-3ms | Suff — Verb piel perfect third person masculine singular · suffixHVpp3ms/Sp3mp
מִזְרָח (mizrach) means 'place of sunrise' or simply 'east.' It is derived from the root meaning 'to rise' and refers to the direction of the sunrise. The entries consistently highlight its use to denote the east, both as a cardinal direction and in relation to the rising sun.
מִזְרָח n.[m.] place of sunrise, east
base
H4217 מִזְרָח place of sunrise, east
4217 mizrach miz-rawkh'
from 2224; sunrise, i.e. the east:--east (side, -ward),
(sun-)rising (of the sun).
see HEBREW for 02224
מִזְרָח (miz.rach) — East (Gate).
This name means place of sunrise, east
מִזְרָח (miz.rach) — east.
1) place of sunrise, east
1a) sunrise, east (with 'sun')
1b) the east (without 'sun')
1b1) to or toward the place of sunrise
1b2) to the east, eastward
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular absoluteHR/Ncmsa
East
(1.) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus “the east country” is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais (Zech. 8:7).
(2). Properly what is in front of one, or a country that is before or in front of another; the rendering of the word kedem. In pointing out the quarters, a Hebrew always looked with his face toward the east. The word kedem is used when the four quarters of the world are described (Gen. 13:14; 28:14); and mizrah when the east only is distinguished from the west (Josh. 11:3; Ps. 50:1; 103:12, etc.). In Gen. 25:6 “eastward” is literally “unto the land of kedem;” i.e., the lands…
The Hebrew term kedem properly means that which is before or in front of a person, and was applied to the east form the custom of turning in that direction when describing the points of the compass, before, behind, the right and the left representing respectively east, west, south and north. (Job 23:8,9) The term as generally used refers to the lands lying immediately eastward of Palestine, viz., Arabia, Mesopotamia and Babylonia; on the other hand mizrach is used of the far east with a less definite signification. (Isaiah 42:2,25; 43:5; 46:11)
The Hebrews, in speaking of the different quarters of the heaven, always suppose the face to be turned towards the east. Hence "before," or "forwards," means the east; "behind" is the west; the right-hand is south, and the left hand, north. Besides the ordinary meanings of the word east, Jos 4:19; Ps 103:12, the Jews often used it to designate a large region lying northeast and southeast of Palestine, including Syria and Arabia near at hand, and Babylonia, Assyria, Armenia, etc., with the whole region from the Caspian sea to the Arabian gulf, Ge 29:1; Nu 23:7; Jud 6:3; 7:12; 8:10. The wise men who visited the infant…
מַעֲרָב (ma'arav) means 'west' or 'place of sunset.' It is derived from a root meaning 'shading' and refers specifically to the western region associated with the evening sun. The term appears in contexts relating to direction and location.
מַעֲרָב n.[m.] west (late) (place of sunset)
base
H4628 מַעֲרָב west (late) (place of sunset)
4628 ma`arab mah-ar-awb'
or (feminine) maearabah {mah-ar-aw-baw'}; from 6150, in the
sense of shading; the west (as a region of the evening
sun):--west.
see HEBREW for 06150
מַעֲרָב (ma.a.rav) — west.
setting place, west, westward
Conj | Prep | N-ms — Conjunction · preposition · noun common masculine singular absoluteHC/R/Ncmsa
(1) Usually (yam), "sea" because the Mediterranean lies to the West of Palestine; not usually in figurative expressions; but compare Ho 11:10.
(2) Often (ma`arabh); compare Arabic (gharb), and (maghrib), "west" (maghrib-ush-shems), or simply (maghrib), "sunset."
(3) (mebho' ha-chemesh), "entrance of the sun," (mabho', bo'), "to come in." (Just as mizrach, is the rising of the sun, or east, so mabho' (or ma'arabh], is the setting of the sun, or west: "From the rising of the sun (mizrach-shemesh) unto the going down (mabho) thereof" (Ps 50:1; compare 113:3; Mal 1:11).)
(4) (dusme, from duo), "to enter," "sink," "set." The Greek usage is parallel to the Hebrew just cited: "Many shall come from the east anatole, "rising") and the…
צָפוֹן (tsaphown) means 'north' and is derived from a root meaning 'hidden' or 'dark.' It is used specifically to refer to the northern direction, often associated with gloominess and the unknown. The term also appears in the context of a name, 'Zaphon,' which similarly denotes the north.
צָפוֹן 153 n.f. north (as the hidden, dark)
base
H6828 צָפוֹן north
6828 tsaphown tsaw-fone'
or tsaphon {tsaw-fone'}; from 6845; properly, hidden, i.e.
dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and
unknown):--north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
see HEBREW for 06845
צָפוֹן (tsa.phon) — north.
1) north (of direction), northward
1a) north
1b) northward
צָפוֹן (tsa.phon) — Zaphon.
This name means north
Also named: tsa.phon (צָפוֹן "Zaphon" H6829)
Prep | N-fs — Preposition · noun common feminine singular absoluteHR/Ncfsa
See EAST. The Babylonians and Assyrians are represented as coming from "the north," because they invaded Israel by a northern route in order to avoid the desert, Jer 1:14 46:6,24 Zep 2:13. "Fair weather," says Job, or golden weather, "cometh out of the north," Job 37:22. This is as true in Syria and Arabia now as it was three thousand years ago. A traveler there remarks, "Our friends, who have been long residents, informed us that we should have fair weather for our start on the morrow, as the wind was from the north."
"... And so we have found it come to pass that the clouds of a golden hue always followed upon a north wind, and indicated a clear day; and as in the times of the Savior, we could always say when it was evening…
יָם (yam) means 'sea' and refers to various large bodies of water, including the Mediterranean, Red, and Dead Seas, as well as the Sea of Galilee. It can also denote a mighty river like the Nile and has geographical implications, indicating directions such as west or south. The term is derived from a root meaning to roar, suggesting the noise of breaking surf.
יָם 390 n.m. sea
base
H3220 יָם sea
3220 yam yawm
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 (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern,
side, -ward).
יָם (yam) — sea.
: sea
1) sea
1a) Mediterranean Sea
1b) Red Sea
1c) Dead Sea
1d) Sea of Galilee
1e) sea (general)
1f) mighty river (Nile)
1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
1h) seaward, west, westward
יָם (yam) — sea: west.
: west
1) sea
1a) Mediterranean Sea
1b) Red Sea
1c) Dead Sea
1d) Sea of Galilee
1e) sea (general)
1f) mighty river (Nile)
1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
1h) seaward, west, westward
יָם (yam) — (Mt. Ephron in the) West.
This name means sea, seaward, westward
Another name of eph.ron (עֶפְרוֹן "(Mount )Ephron" H6085H)
Conj | Prep | N-ms — Conjunction · preposition · noun common masculine singular absoluteHC/R/Ncmsa
se (yam; thalassa; in Ac 27:5 pelagos): The Mediterranean is called ha-yam ha-gadhol, "the great sea" (Nu 34:6; Jos 1:4; Eze 47:10, etc.); ha-yam ha-'acharon, "the hinder," or "western sea" (De 11:24; 34:2; Joe 2:20; Zec 14:8); yam pelishtim, "the sea of the Philis" (Ex 23:31); the King James Version translates yam yapho' in Ezr 3:7 by "sea of Joppa," perhaps rightly.
The sea, yam , is used in Scripture to denote-- "The gathering of the waters," "the Ocean." (Genesis 1:2,10; 30:13) etc. Some portion of this, as the Mediterranean Sea, called the "hinder," the "western" and the "utmost" sea, (11:24; 34:2; Joel 2:20) "sea of the Philistines," (Exodus 23:31) "the great sea," (Numbers 36:6,7; Joshua 15:47) "the sea." Genesis49:13; Psal 80:11 Also frequently of the Red Sea. (Exodus 15:4) [RED SEA SEA] Inland lakes termed seas, as the Salt or Dead Sea. [See the special article] Any…
The Hebrews give the name of sea to any large collection of water, Job 14:11; as to the lakes of Tiberias and Asphaltites, and also to the rivers Nile and Euphrates, Isa 11:15 18:2 21:1 Jer 51:36,42. The principal seas mentioned in Scripture are the following:
1. The GREAT SEA, the Mediterranean, called also the Hinder or Western Sea. Indeed, the Hebrew word for sea, meaning the Mediterranean, is often put for the west. The Great Sea is 2,200 miles long, and in the widest part 1,200 miles in width. In many places it is so deep as to give no soundings. It is little affected by tides, but is often agitated by violent winds. The prevailing direction of the wind in spring is from the southeast and southwest and from the northeast…
→ Creation of Ge 1:9,10; Ps 95:5; 148:4,5
→ Lake Galilee calmed by Jesus Mt 8:24-26; Mr 4:37-39
→ Jesus walked upon Lake Galilee Mt 14:25-31