yam H3220

יָם (yam) means “sea” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

יָם Hebrew · H3220 396 tagged occurrences in 339 verses

Pronunciation guide: yawm Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3220G

יָם · yam · sea

: sea 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward

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TBESH · H3220H

יָם · yam · sea: west

: west 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward

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TBESH · H3220I

יָם · yam · (Mt. Ephron in the) West

This name means sea, seaward, westward Another name of eph.ron (עֶפְרוֹן "(Mount )Ephron" H6085H)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south

KJV glosses: sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

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How translators render H3220

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the sea	85
sea	57
of the sea	52
west	17
to the west	12
on the west	10
of the seas	9
at the sea	7
into the sea	6
westward	6
to the sea	5
from sea	4
in the sea	4
and the sea	3
as the sea	3
by sea	3
in the seas	3
let the sea	3
like the sea	3
on the west side	3
seas	3
the salt sea	3
the seas	3
the west	3
and on the west	2
and west	2
at sea	2
by the sea	2
for the sea	2
from the west	2
from the western	2
it	2
of the salt sea	2
the coast	2
the seashore	2
the west side	2
through the sea	2
to sea	2
against the sea	1
and along the seacoast	1
and from the west	1
and south	1
and the western	1
and westward	1
as far as the red sea	1
at the far western	1
by seafaring men	1
by the seas	1
extending westward	1
from the sea	1
having the sea	1
her sea	1
is the sea	1
led through the sea	1
o sea	1
of its coastland	1
of the nile	1
on the high seas	1
on the sea	1
on the seashore	1
out to sea	1
over the sea	1
so it	1
than the sea	1
the dead sea	1
the red sea	1
the seacoast	1
this sea	1
to the great sea	1
to the west side	1
to the western	1
to west	1
toward the west	1
vvv	1
was the salt sea	1
was the sea	1
was the water	1
was the western	1
west of	1
west side	1
western	1
whether in the seas	1
while the sea	1
will be the western	1
yet the sea	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of the sea	70
sea	64
the sea	39
westward	19
into the sea	12
of the seas	12
unto the west	11
by the sea	9
and the sea	8
in the sea	8
from the sea	6
on the west	6
to the sea	6
in the seas	5
over the sea	5
even unto the sea	4
on the sea	4
on the west side	4
the west	4
to sea	4
toward the west	4
unto the sea	4
upon the sea	4
and toward the west	3
from the west	3
let the sea	3
like the sea	3
toward the sea	3
west	3
and on the west	2
and the west	2
and westward	2
at the sea	2
even unto the west	2
from sea	2
out of the sea	2
thereof are at the sea	2
to the west	2
were at the sea	2
against the sea	1
against thee as the sea	1
also from sea	1
also in the sea	1
and against the sea	1
and by the sea	1
and concerning the sea	1
and for the west	1
and from sea	1
and from the south	1
and from the west	1
and unto the sea	1
at the west	1
between the seas	1
by sea	1
by the seas	1
caused the sea	1
for the sea	1
had at sea	1
he seas	1
her sea	1
him the seas	1
i a sea	1
in them but the sea	1
it upon the seas	1
not but the sea	1
not for the sea	1
not in me and the sea	1
of it shall be at the sea	1
of it were at the sea	1
of seafaring men	1
out of the seas	1
so shall the sea	1
than the sea	1
the western	1
thee o thou sea	1
them by sea	1
therein the seas	1
thereof were at the sea	1
this shall be your west	1
thou the west	1
through the sea	1
under the sea	1
unto thee that the sea	1
unto us for the sea	1
yet the sea	1

Verses containing H3220

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Ezekiel 48:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Zebulun will have one portion bordering the territory of Issachar from east to west.
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Ezekiel 48:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
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Ezekiel 48:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
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Ezekiel 48:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And on the west side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.
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Daniel 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
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Daniel 11:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.
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Hosea 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
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Source alternate reference: 2.1
Hosea 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
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Hosea 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
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Joel 2:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
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Amos 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
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Amos 8:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
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Amos 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
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Amos 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
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Jonah 1:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
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Jonah 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
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Jonah 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
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Jonah 1:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”
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Jonah 1:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
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Jonah 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
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Jonah 1:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.
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Jonah 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
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Source alternate reference: 2.4
Micah 7:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
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Micah 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
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Nahum 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
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Nahum 3:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
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Habakkuk 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
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Habakkuk 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
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Habakkuk 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
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Habakkuk 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.
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Zephaniah 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
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Zephaniah 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
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Zephaniah 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
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Haggai 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
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Zechariah 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.
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Zechariah 9:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
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Zechariah 10:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
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Zechariah 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
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Zechariah 14:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
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