Bible Dictionary: Seashore

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.

2. (n.) All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.

Greek

123. aigialos -- the seashore
... the seashore. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: aigialos Phonetic
Spelling: (ahee-ghee-al-os') Short Definition: sea-coast, beach Definition: sea ...
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2281. thalassa -- the sea
... the Red Sea. Word Origin of uncertain origin Definition the sea NASB Word
Usage sea (86), seashore (5). sea. Probably prolonged ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3220. yam -- sea
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition sea NASB Word Usage red* (24), sea
(278), seacoast* (5), seas (27), seashore (1), seashore* (9), south (1), west ...
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2348. choph -- shore, coast
... Word Origin from chaphaph Definition shore, coast NASB Word Usage coast (1), haven
(1), seacoast* (3), seashore* (2). coast of the sea, haven, shore, seaside. ...
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8193. saphah -- lip, speech, edge
... 2), bank (10), binding (2), brim (9), edge (17), empty (2), gossip* (1), language
(6), lip (1), lip service (1), lips (100), mere (1), seashore* (7), shore (1 ...
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Library

There is a Presumption in Favor of the Bible
... When we stood by the seashore and watched the setting sun crimsoning the placid
waters on a quiet eve, we had no hesitation in ascribing the picture to the ...
/.../pink/the divine inspiration of the bible/chapter one there is a.htm

Mother of Mercy
... Andante religioso. 1. Mother of mercy, day by day, My love of thee grows more and
more; Thy gifts are strewn upon my way Like sands upon the great seashore. ...
/.../various/the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 77 mother of mercy.htm

A Man Reaps More than He Sows.
... only son at God's bidding, and as the fruit of that act of obedience God gave him
seed as numerous as the stars of the heaven and as the sands upon the seashore ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/sowing and reaping/chapter v a man reaps.htm

Elijah and the Widow's Son.
... Climbing the wooded hills of Galilee, he started to go down the other side to the
town of Zarephath, by the seashore, where he would be out of King Ahab's ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/elijah and the widows son.htm

The Source of Power in Prayer.
... Sir Isaac Newton said, "I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself
I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting ...
/.../murray/the masters indwelling/xii the source of power.htm

Dread of Ridicule.
... How was he to bring the sea up to it? Was he with his three sons to put
their shoulders to it, and push it down to the seashore? ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/lxi dread of ridicule.htm

What Lasts
... it shall cease because the perfect will absorb into itself the imperfect, as the
inrushing tide will obliterate the little pools in the rocks on the seashore. ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/what lasts.htm

The Country of Gennesaret.
... fruits.". The length of this most fruitful soil, lying along the seashore,
was but thirty furlongs, and the breadth twenty. "And ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 79 the country of.htm

Ascalon. Gerar. The Story of the Eighty Witches.
... Azotus) "is new Ascalon distant two parsae, or leagues" (that is, eight miles);
"which Ezra, the priest, of blessed memory, built at the seashore...now that is ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 14 ascalon gerar the.htm

To the Rev. A. Brandram
... then retracing my steps to Corunna I shall visit Ferrol, whence I shall perhaps
shape my course for Oviedo in the Asturias, either along the seashore or by the ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev a brandram 27.htm

Thesaurus

Seashore (20 Occurrences)
...Seashore (20 Occurrences). ... Exodus 14:30 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of
the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. ...
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Shore (45 Occurrences)
... (2) saphah, literally, "lip"; compare Arabic shafat, "lip"; of the sand upon the
seashore, a figure of multitude (Genesis 22:17 Exodus 14:30 Joshua 11:4 Judges ...
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Sand (40 Occurrences)
... This is subject to solution and redeposition as a cement between the sand grains,
binding them together to form the porous sandstone of the seashore, which is ...
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Sea-shore (11 Occurrences)
Sea-shore. Seashore, Sea-shore. Seaside . ... 2 Chronicles 8:17 Then went Solomon
to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom. (See JPS). ...
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Coast (70 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The seashore, or land near it. ... (KJV). 2 Chronicles 8:17 Then went Solomon
to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom. (See NIV). ...
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Numerous (88 Occurrences)
... Genesis 22:17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly
like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. ...
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Chariots (118 Occurrences)
... Joshua 11:4 They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even
as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and ...
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Lebanon (66 Occurrences)
... When we let the eye range from the snowy summits of the mountain over all that lies
between them and the orange groves of Sidon on the seashore, we understand ...
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6000 (1 Occurrence)
... themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand
horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude ...
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Zarephath (4 Occurrences)
... was not "far from Sidon and Tyre, for it lay between them." Eusebius, Onomasticon
(sv "Sarefta"), places it on the public road, ie the road along the seashore. ...
/z/zarephath.htm - 11k

Bible Concordance

Seashore (20 Occurrences)

Mark 2:13 And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,
(See NAS)

Mark 5:21 And Jesus having passed over in the boat again to the other side, there was gathered a great multitude to him, and he was near the sea,
(See NAS)

Hebrews 11:12 wherefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that 'is' by the sea-shore -- the innumerable.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 20:8 and will go out to lead astray the nations in all the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, and assemble them for war, and they are like the sands on the seashore in number.
(WEY NAS NIV)

Genesis 22:17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 14:30 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 1:7 turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all the places near there, in the Arabah, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the seashore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
(WEB)

Joshua 11:4 They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 5:17 Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships? Asher dwelt at the shore of the sea, and abideth by its bays.
(See NAS)

Judges 7:12 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 13:5 The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 17:11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
(See NAS NIV)

1 Kings 4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 8:17 Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS)

Psalms 78:27 He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas;
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 33:22 As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 47:7 How can you be quiet, seeing Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.
(WEB RSV)

Hosea 1:10 and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye 'are' not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Seashore

Related Terms

Shore (45 Occurrences)

Sand (40 Occurrences)

Sea-shore (11 Occurrences)

Coast (70 Occurrences)

Numerous (88 Occurrences)

Chariots (118 Occurrences)

Lebanon (66 Occurrences)

6000 (1 Occurrence)

Zarephath (4 Occurrences)