SEA, THE

(Heb. yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river, as the Nile (Isa. 19:5), the Euphrates (Isa. 21:1; Jer. 51:36); (3) the Red Sea (Exo 14:16, Exo 14: 27;15:4, 15: etc.); (4) the Mediterranean (Exo 23:31; Num. 34:6, Num. 34: 7; Josh. 15:47; Psa 80:11, Psa 80: etc.); (5) the "sea of Galilee," an inland fresh-water lake, and (6) the Dead Sea or "salt sea" (Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:3, Num. 34: 12, etc.). The word "sea" is used symbolically in Isa. 60:5, Isa. 60: where it probably means the nations around the Mediterranean. In Dan. 7:3, Dan. 7: Rev. 13:1 it may mean the tumultuous changes among the nations of the earth.