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Verses
690 results- Verse1 Kings 7:44the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
- VersePsalms 114:3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
- VersePsalms 74:13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
- VersePsalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- VerseJohn 6:18A strong wind was blowing, and the sea grew agitated.
People
2 results- PersonMiriamProphetess and sister of Moses and Aaron who led the women's song at the sea; struck with leprosy for challenging Moses' unique authority and restored at his intercession; died…
- PersonSimon PeterThe fisherman Jesus named Cephas; he confessed Christ, denied Him three times, and was restored threefold by the Sea of Tiberias (John 21:15-19).
Places
10 results- PlaceSea of GalileeA freshwater lake in northern Israel; the setting for much of Jesus' Galilean ministry.
- PlaceThe Red SeaThe sea God parted for Israel and closed over Pharaoh's army, the deliverance every later generation of Israel sang about.
- PlaceCapernaumCapernaum is the fishing town on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee that Jesus made his base. Matthew ends up calling it his own town.
- PlaceEgyptThe land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and where the child Jesus was hidden until Herod died.
- PlaceBashanThe fertile tableland east of the Sea of Galilee, the kingdom of Og and the giant clans, taken by Israel before the Jordan crossing and remembered for its oaks, its bulls and…
Manuscripts
2 results- ManuscriptThe Nash PapyrusA scrap of Egyptian papyrus carrying the Ten Commandments and the Shema — the oldest Hebrew Bible text known until the Dead Sea Scrolls turned up.
- ManuscriptGreat Isaiah ScrollThe oldest substantially complete Hebrew manuscript of the book of Isaiah; found at Qumran among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Words (Strong's)
- WordG2281 θάλασσα · thálassa (Greek)the sea (genitive case or specially). The Greek word stands 90 times in the original text.
- WordG2362 θρόνος · thrónos (Greek)a stately seat ("throne"). The Greek word stands 62 times in the original text.
- WordH4186 מוֹשָׁב · môwshâb (Hebrew)a seat. The Hebrew word stands 44 times in the original text.
- WordH2857 חֲתַם · chătham (Hebrew)to seal. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordG3989 πέλαγος · pélagos (Greek)deep or open sea, i.e. the main. The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
Themes
11 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
- ThemeForgivenessForgiveness in Scripture is not a sentiment but a transaction: a debt is real, and someone absorbs it. The Old Testament establishes this before it ever preaches it. The…
- ThemeCovenantIn Scripture a covenant is not a vague feeling. It is a formal, oath-bound promise between named parties, with a stated promise and usually a visible sign to mark it. (The…
- ThemeCreationScripture opens with a claim, not an argument: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen 1:1). The Genesis account moves in an ordered six-day sequence…
Topics
14 results- TopicDead SeaA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicDiseaseA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicHoseaA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicJudgment-seatA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicLaseaA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Prophecies
6 results- ProphecyDead Sea RevivalEzekiel predicted the lifeless Dead Sea would be healed and filled with fish, with fishermen along its shores from Engedi to Eneglaim.
- ProphecyTyre's Riches Thrown into the SeaTyre's building materials would be thrown into the sea.
- ProphecyTyre's Debris Cast Into the SeaEzekiel predicted Tyre's stones, timbers, and even its dust would be cast into the sea—a strange, specific detail given the mainland city was not itself coastal but adjacent to…
- Prophecy144,000 Sealed Witnesses12,000 from each tribe of Israel will be sealed for protection and witness during the tribulation.
- ProphecySeated at God's Right HandThe Messiah would sit at God's right hand.
Apologetics
5 results- ApologeticsThe Dead Sea Scrolls and Textual PreservationEleven caves at Qumran yielded roughly 930 manuscripts between 1947 and 1956, about 230 of them biblical — copies of every book of the Hebrew Bible but Esther, written between…
- ApologeticsThe 153 Fish of John 21John 21:11 counts the resurrection catch at exactly 153 large fish. Richard Bauckham's 2002 study points to Ezekiel 47:10, where the healed Dead Sea teems with fish from…
- ApologeticsThe Septuagint and New Testament QuotationsRoughly two-thirds of the New Testament's some 300 Old Testament quotations follow the Greek Septuagint rather than the Hebrew that became the Masoretic Text. The Dead Sea…
- ApologeticsThe Ketef Hinnom Silver ScrollsTwo rolled silver amulets from a sealed burial chamber on the shoulder of the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem carry the priestly blessing of Numbers 6 and the divine name YHWH…
- ApologeticsApostolic Martyrdom as Evidence of Sincere BeliefClement of Rome, writing from Rome around AD 96 within living memory of the events, records that Peter and Paul "bore testimony" and died there. Sean McDowell's 2015 study…
Voices
9 results- VoiceMichael S. Heiser- **PhD, Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages** — University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2004 - **MA, Ancient History** — University of Pennsylvania (Ancient Israel; Egyptology)…
- VoiceCosmas IndicopleustesCosmas was an Alexandrian merchant who spent his working life at sea. He sailed the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, traded along the coast of East Africa, and went inland into…
- VoiceThomas BrooksThomas Brooks served for a time as a chaplain at sea before settling into London pulpits, first at Thomas Apostle's and then at St Margaret's, Fish Street Hill. His first and…
- VoiceJohn CassianJohn Cassian was born about 360, most likely in Scythia Minor, the Roman province on the Black Sea coast in what is now Romania. He had money enough for an education and wrote…
- VoiceAmmonas of EgyptAmmonas was a disciple of Anthony the Great and, after Anthony withdrew to the Inner Mountain by the Red Sea, his successor at Pispir on the Nile. He had already spent fourteen…
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