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Lexicon :: Strong's G2281 - thalassa

Aa
θάλασσα
Transliteration
thalassa (Key)
Pronunciation
thal'-as-sah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably prolonged from ἅλς (G251)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: xiii. θάλασσα, πέλαγος.

Strong’s Definitions

θάλασσα thálassa, thal'-as-sah; probably prolonged from G251; the sea (genitive case or specially):—sea.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x

The KJV translates Strong's G2281 in the following manner: sea (92x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x
The KJV translates Strong's G2281 in the following manner: sea (92x).

  1. the sea

    1. used of the sea in general

    2. used specifically of the Mediterranean Sea or the Red Sea

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θάλασσα thálassa, thal'-as-sah; probably prolonged from G251; the sea (genitive case or specially):—sea.
STRONGS G2281:
θάλασσα (cf. Buttmann, 7), θαλάσσης, ἡ (akin to ἅλς (better, allied to ταράσσω etc., from its tossing; cf. Vanicek, p. 303); the Sept. for יָם) (from Homer down), the sea; (on its distinction from πέλαγος see the latter word);
a. universally: Matthew 23:15; Mark 11:23; Luke 17:2, 6; Luke 21:25; Romans 9:27; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Hebrews 11:12; James 1:6; Jude 1:13; Revelation 7:1-3, etc.; ἐργάζεσθαι τήν θαλασσην (see ἐργάζομαι, 2 a.), Revelation 18:17; τό πέλαγος τῆς θαλάσσης (see πέλαγος, a.), Matthew 18:6; joined with γῆ and οὐρανός it forms a periphrasis for the whole world, Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15; Revelation 5:13; Revelation 10:6 (L WH brackets); Revelation 14:7 (Haggai 2:7; Psalm 145:6 (Ps. 146:6); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 3, 2; (contra Apion 2, 10, 1)); among the visions of the Apocalypse a glassy sea or sea of glass is spoken of; but what the writer symbolized by this is not quite clear: Revelation 4:6; Revelation 15:2.
b. specifically used (even without the article, cf. Winers Grammar, 121 (115); Buttmann, § 124, 8b.) of the Mediterranean Sea: Acts 10:6, 32; Acts 17:14; of the Red Sea (see ἐρυθρός), ἡ ἐρυθρᾷ θάλασσα, Acts 7:36; 1 Corinthians 10:1; Hebrews 11:29. By a usage foreign to native Greek writings (cf. Aristotle, meteor. 1, 13, p. 351a, 8 ἡ ὑπό τόν Καυκασον λίμνη ἥν καλοῦσιν οἱ ἐκεῖ θαλατταν, and Hesychius defines λίμνη: ἡ θάλασσα καί ὁ ὠκεανός) employed like the Hebrew יָם (e. g. Numbers 34:11), by Matthew, Mark, and John (nowhere by Luke) of the Lake of Γεννησαρέτ (which see): ἡ θάλασσα τῆς Γαλιλαίας, Matthew 4:18; Matthew 15:29; Mark 1:16; Mark 7:31 (similarly Lake Constance,derBodensee, is called mare Suebicum, the Suabian Sea); τῆς Τιβεριάδος, John 21:1; τῆς Γαλιλαίας τῆς Τιβεριάδος (on which twofold genitive cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 3 N. 3; (Buttmann, 400 (343))), John 6:1; more frequently simply ἡ θάλασσα: Matthew 4:15, 18; Matthew 8:24, 26f, 32; Matthew 13:1, etc.; Mark 2:13; Mark 3:7; Mark 4:1, 39; Mark 5:13, etc.; John 6:16-19, 22, 25; John 21:7. Cf. Furrer in Schenkel ii. 322ff; (see Γεννησαρέτ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
34:11
Psalms
145:6; 146:6
Haggai
2:7
Matthew
4:15; 4:18; 4:18; 8:24; 8:26; 8:32; 13:1; 15:29; 18:6; 23:15
Mark
1:16; 2:13; 3:7; 4:1; 4:39; 5:13; 7:31; 11:23
Luke
17:2; 17:6; 21:25
John
6:1; 6:16; 6:17; 6:18; 6:19; 6:22; 6:25; 21:1; 21:7
Acts
4:24; 7:36; 10:6; 10:32; 14:15; 17:14
Romans
9:27
1 Corinthians
10:1
2 Corinthians
11:26
Hebrews
11:12; 11:29
James
1:6
Jude
1:13
Revelation
4:6; 5:13; 7:1; 7:2; 7:3; 10:6; 14:7; 15:2; 18:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2281 matches the Greek θάλασσα (thalassa),
which occurs 91 times in 82 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 4:15–Act 27:38)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:15 - The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:18 - And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:24 - And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:26 - And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:27 - And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:32 - And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:1 - On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:47 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:25 - And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:26 - And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:29 - And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:27 - But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:21 - And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:16 - And going by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, putting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:13 - And he went out again by the seaside; and all the people came to him, and he gave them teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:7 - And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great number from Galilee came after him: and from Judaea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:39 - And he came out of his sleep, and gave strong orders to the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be at rest. And the wind went down, and there was a great calm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:41 - And their fear was great, and they said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea do his orders?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:1 - And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:13 - And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:21 - And when Jesus had gone over again in the boat to the other side, a great number of people came to him: and he was by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:47 - And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:48 - And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:49 - But they, when they saw him walking on the sea, took him for a spirit, and gave a loud cry:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:31 - And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:42 - And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:23 - Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and be put into the sea; and has no doubt in his heart, but has faith that what he says will come about, he will have his desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:6 - And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:25 - And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:1 - After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee--that is, the sea of Tiberias.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:16 - When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:17 - And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:18 - The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:19 - After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:22 - The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:25 - And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:1 - After these things Jesus let himself be seen again by the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and it came about in this way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:7 - So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24 - And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:6 - Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:32 - Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:15 - Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:14 - So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:30 - Then the sailors made attempts secretly to get away from the ship, letting down a boat as if they were about to put down hooks from the front of the ship;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:38 - And when they had had enough food, they made the weight of the ship less, turning the grain out into the sea.

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