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The sea created and controlled by God

Genesis 1:9-10; Jeremiah 5:22 See also Psalm 95:5; Psalm 107:29; Psalm 146:6; Isaiah 50:2; Amos 5:8; Amos 9:6; Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15

Creatures of the sea

Psalm 104:25 See also Genesis 1:21; Psalm 8:8; Ezekiel 38:20; Hosea 4:3; Habakkuk 1:14

Sea monsters sometimes represented spiritual forces

Psalm 74:13 See also Job 26:12; Isaiah 27:1; Revelation 13:1

The sea represented hidden depths

Amos 9:3 See also 2 Samuel 22:16; Job 38:16; Micah 7:19; Matthew 18:6

Named seas

The Red, or Reed, Sea

Exodus 10:19 See also Hebrews 11:29

The Dead, or Salt, Sea

Genesis 14:3 See also 2 Kings 14:25

The Sea of Galilee

Numbers 34:11; John 6:1

The Great, or Mediterranean, Sea

Numbers 34:6-7 See also Ezekiel 47:10

The Adriatic Sea

Acts 27:27 In NT times referring to an area extending south of the present Adriatic Sea.

The Sea before the temple

See also

1 Kings 7:23-26,39; 2 Kings 16:17; Kings 25:13

The sea before the throne

Revelation 4:6; Revelation 15:2

Metaphorical references to the sea

Isaiah 17:12; James 1:6 See also Job 7:12; Job 11:9; Job 14:11-12; Psalm 93:4; Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 57:20; Jeremiah 6:23; Jeremiah 49:23; Jeremiah 50:42; Jeremiah 51:42; Lamentations 2:13; Ezekiel 26:3; Zechariah 10:11; Jude 13

No more sea

Revelation 21:1

See also

4227  deep, the
4260  rivers & streams
4293  water
4357  salt
4627  creatures
4642  fish
4813  depth
5300  drowning
5407  merchants
5517  seafaring
7222  exodus, events of
7467  temple, Solomon's