Sea.

The seas referred to in scripture are:

1 . THE MEDITERRANEAN, under the names of 'the great sea,' Num. 34: 6, 7; Ezek. 48: 28; 'the uttermost sea,' or 'the hinder sea,'

Deut. 11: 24; Zech. 14: 8; 'the sea of Joppa,' Ezra 3: 7; 'sea of the

Philistines,' Ex. 23: 31.

The 'SEA OF CILICIA AND PAMPHYLIA,' Acts 27: 5, is the N.E.

corner of the Mediterranean Sea.

2. THE SALT SEA, Num. 34: 3, 12; also called 'the east sea,' Ezek. 47: 18; Joel 2: 20; 'the former sea,' Zech. 14: 8; 'the sea of the plain,' Deut. 3: 17; Joshua 3: 16; Joshua 12: 3; 2 Kings 14: 25. See SALT SEA

3. THE RED SEA, Ex. 10: 19; Ps. 106: 7, 9, 22; Heb. 11: 29; also

called 'the Egyptian sea,' Isa. 11: 15. See RED SEA.

4 . THE SEA OF GALILEE, Mark 1: 16; also called the 'Sea of Tiberias,' John 21: 1; the 'Sea of Chinnereth,' Num. 34: 11; Joshua

12: 3; Joshua 13: 27; the 'Lake of Gennesaret,' Luke 5: 1. See GALILEE, SEA OF.

5. SEA OF JAZER, a small lake in Gilead, now represented by some ponds, near where Jazer stood. Jer. 48: 32.

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