יָםyâm
יָם: sea
Pronunciation: yawm · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3220
Meanings
1. Mediterranean (Numbers 13:29; Numbers 34:5; Deuteronomy 1:7)
2. יַםסֿוּף 'Red Sea' (Exodus 13:18; Exodus 10:19; Exodus 15:4)
3. Dead Sea, יָם מֶלַח sea of salt (Genesis 14:3; Numbers 34:3; Numbers 34:12)
4. Sea of Galilee יָם כִּנֶּרֶת (Numbers 34:11; Joshua 13:27; Joshua 12:3)
5. more generally sea, opposed to earth and (or) sky (Genesis 1:26; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 9:2)
6. mighty river (Nahum 3:8; Isaiah 19:5; Isaiah 27:1)
7. the great basin in temple-court, called the sea (1 Kings 7:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2; 2 Kings 25:13)
8. combinations are
a. shore of sea, sea-shore (Joshua 11:4; 1 Kings 5:9; Genesis 22:17)
b. sand of the sea (shore) (Genesis 32:13; Genesis 41:49; Hosea 2:1)
c. tongue (arm, gulf) of sea (Joshua 15:5; Joshua 18:19; Isaiah 11:5)
9. = (west, west-word (originally sea-ward, from position of Mediterranean with reference to Palestine, and this sense still often perceptible) (Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14; Numbers 2:18)
ᵑ7: sea (Daniel 7:2; Daniel 7:3)
Same root
- אֲבִיָּםʼĂbîyâm · H38Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah
- יָםyâm · H3221{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}
- סוּףÇûwph · H5489the Reed (Sea)
Where it appears
Appears 396 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 1:10 God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:22 Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
- Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
- Genesis 1:28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
- Genesis 9:2 All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.
- Genesis 12:8 After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord.
See every passage
- Genesis 1:10, 1:22, 1:26, 1:28, 9:2, 12:8, 13:14, 14:3, 22:17, 28:14, 32:12, 41:49, 49:13
- Exodus 10:19, 13:18, 14:2, 14:9, 14:16, 14:21, 14:22, 14:23, 14:26, 14:27, 14:28, 14:29, 14:30, 15:1, 15:4, 15:8, 15:10, 15:19, 15:21, 15:22, 20:11, 23:31, 26:22, 26:27, 27:12, 36:27, 36:32, 38:12
- Leviticus 11:9, 11:10
- Numbers 2:18, 3:23, 11:22, 11:31, 13:29, 14:25, 21:4, 33:8, 33:10, 33:11, 34:3, 34:5, 34:6, 34:7, 34:11, 34:12, 35:5
- Deuteronomy 1:7, 1:40, 2:1, 3:17, 3:27, 4:49, 11:4, 11:24, 30:13, 33:19, 33:23, 34:2
- Joshua 1:4, 2:10, 3:16, 4:23, 5:1, 8:9, 8:12, 8:13, 9:1, 11:2, 11:3, 11:4, 12:3, 12:7, 13:27, 15:2, 15:4, 15:5, 15:8, 15:10, 15:11, 15:12, 15:46, 15:47, 16:3, 16:6, 16:8, 17:9, 17:10, 18:12, 18:14, 18:15, 18:19, 19:11, 19:26, 19:29, 19:34, 22:7, 23:4, 24:6, 24:7
- Judges 5:17, 7:12, 11:16
- 1 Samuel 13:5
- 2 Samuel 17:11, 22:16
- 1 Kings 4:20, 4:29, 5:9, 7:23, 7:24, 7:25, 7:39, 7:44, 9:26, 9:27, 10:22, 18:43, 18:44
- 2 Kings 14:25, 16:17, 25:13, 25:16
- 1 Chronicles 9:24, 16:32, 18:8
- 2 Chronicles 2:16, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4, 4:6, 4:10, 4:15, 8:17, 8:18, 20:2
- Ezra 3:7
- Nehemiah 9:6, 9:9, 9:11
- Esther 10:1
- Job 6:3, 7:12, 9:8, 11:9, 12:8, 14:11, 26:12, 28:14, 36:30, 38:8, 38:16, 41:31
- Psalms 8:8, 24:2, 33:7, 46:2, 65:5, 65:7, 66:6, 68:22, 69:34, 72:8, 74:13, 77:19, 78:13, 78:27, 78:53, 80:11, 89:9, 89:25, 93:4, 95:5, 96:11, 98:7, 104:25, 106:7, 106:9, 106:22, 107:3, 107:23, 114:3, 114:5, 135:6, 136:13, 136:15, 139:9, 146:6
- Proverbs 8:29, 23:34, 30:19
- Ecclesiastes 1:7
- Isaiah 5:30, 9:1, 10:22, 10:26, 11:9, 11:11, 11:14, 11:15, 16:8, 17:12, 18:2, 19:5, 21:1, 23:2, 23:4, 23:11, 24:14, 24:15, 27:1, 42:10, 43:16, 48:18, 49:12, 50:2, 51:10, 51:15, 57:20, 60:5, 63:11
- Jeremiah 5:22, 6:23, 15:8, 25:22, 27:19, 31:35, 33:22, 46:18, 47:7, 48:32, 49:21, 49:23, 50:42, 51:36, 51:42, 52:17, 52:20
- Lamentations 2:13
- Ezekiel 25:16, 26:3, 26:5, 26:16, 26:17, 26:18, 27:3, 27:4, 27:9, 27:25, 27:26, 27:27, 27:29, 27:32, 27:33, 27:34, 28:2, 28:8, 32:2, 38:20, 39:11, 41:12, 42:19, 45:7, 46:19, 47:8, 47:10, 47:15, 47:17, 47:18, 47:19, 47:20, 48:1, 48:2, 48:3, 48:4, 48:5, 48:6, 48:7, 48:8, 48:10, 48:16, 48:17, 48:18, 48:21, 48:23, 48:24, 48:25, 48:26, 48:27, 48:28, 48:34
- Daniel 8:4, 11:45
- Hosea 1:10, 4:3, 11:10
- Joel 2:20
- Amos 5:8, 8:12, 9:3, 9:6
- Jonah 1:4, 1:5, 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:15, 2:3
- Micah 7:12, 7:19
- Nahum 1:4, 3:8
- Habakkuk 1:14, 2:14, 3:8, 3:15
- Zephaniah 1:3, 2:5, 2:6
- Haggai 2:6
- Zechariah 9:4, 9:10, 10:11, 14:4, 14:8
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).