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Strong's G2281 θάλασσα (thalassa)

Thalassa means “sea” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2281 — chabeth (“pan”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2281
Language Greek
Linked Usages 448
Books 55

Strong's G2281 Quick Answer

Strong's G2281 θάλασσα (thalassa) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. thalassa (thal'-as-sah) n. 1. the sea {(genitive case or specially)} It has 448 linked Bible usages across 55 books. Visible English usage signals include sea, lord, borders, land, and jordan. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
thalassa (thal'-as-sah) n. 1. the sea {(genitive case or specially)}
Usage
448 linked usages
Books
55 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
sea, lord, borders, land, and jordan

Meaning and Definition

thalassa (thal'-as-sah) n. 1. the sea {(genitive case or specially)} [probably prolonged from G251] KJV: sea Root(s): G251

Original Word
θάλασσα
Transliteration
thalassa
Derivation
Root: ἅλς R1: 251
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2281. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

sea

Usage: θάλασσα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for יָם ;] the sea: Mat.23:15, Mrk.11:23, Luk.21:25, Rom.9:27, Heb.11:12, Jas.1:6, Ju 13, Rev.7:1, al.; τὸ πέλαγος τῆς θ. (see Tr., ut infr.), Mat.18:6; ὁ οὐρανὸς κ. ἡ γῆ κ. ἡ θ., of the whole world, Act.4:24, al. (Hag.2:7); θ. ὑαλίνη, Rev.4:6 15:2; of the Mediterranean, Act.10:6, 32 17:14; of the Red Sea, ἐρυθρὰ θ., Act.7:36, 1Co.10:1-2, Heb.11:20; of an inland lake (as Heb. יָם), θ. τ. Γαλιλαίας, Mat.4:18 15:29, Mrk.1:16 7:31; τ. Τιβεριάδος, Jhn.21:1; τ. Γ. τ. T., Jhn.6:1;

of the same, simply ἡ θ., Mat.4:15, Mrk.2:13, al SYN.: πέλαγος, the vast expanse of open water"; θ., "the sea as contrasted with the land" (Tr., Syn., xiii) (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

sea lord borders land jordan side israel into border over red eastward

How Strong's G2281 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 321 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2281 (θάλασσα) appears 417 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2281 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2281 in the New Testament

83 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2281 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

321 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.

Genesis 1:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.

Strong's G2281 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

36 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G2281 in 1 Enoch

8 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2281.

Genesis 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.
Genesis 1:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea, I have placed them under your power.
Genesis 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Bethel, and there he pitched his tent in Bethel near the sea, and Ai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
Genesis 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All these met with one consent at the salt valley; this is now the Sea of Salt.
Genesis 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 28:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 32:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 41:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it could not be numbered, for there was no number of it.
Exodus 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God led the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red Sea: and in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal-zephon: before them shalt thou encamp by the sea.
Exodus 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharaoh, and the horsemen, and his host were before the village, over against Baal-zephon.
Exodus 14:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And do thou lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter into the midst of the sea on the dry land.
Exodus 14:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the Lord carried back the sea with a strong south wind all the night, and made the sea dry, and the water was divided.
Exodus 14:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left.
Exodus 14:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Egyptians pursued them and went in after them, and every horse of Pharaoh, and his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.
Exodus 14:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and let the water be turned back to its place, and let it cover the Egyptians coming both upon the chariots and the riders.
Exodus 14:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its place toward day; and the Egyptians fled from the water, and the Lord shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Exodus 14:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the water returned and covered the chariots and the riders, and all the forces of Pharaoh, who entered after them into the sea: and there was not left of them even one.
Exodus 14:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the children of Israel went along dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right hand, and a wall on the left.
Exodus 14:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the Lord delivered Israel in that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead by the shore of the sea.
Exodus 15:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to God, and spoke, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he is very greatly glorified: Horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.
Exodus 15:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has cast the chariots of Pharaoh and his host into the sea, The chosen mounted captains: They were swallowed up in the Red Sea.
Exodus 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And by the breath of thine anger the water parted asunder; The waters were congealed as a wall, The waves were congealed in the midst of the sea.
Exodus 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou sentest forth thy wind, the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty water.
Exodus 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with the chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, but the children of Israel walked through dry land in the midst of the sea.
Exodus 15:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Miriam led them, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been very greatly glorified: The horse and rider has he cast into the sea.
Exodus 15:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Moses brought up the children of Israel from the Red Sea, and brought them into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water to drink.
Exodus 20:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Exodus 23:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee.
Exodus 26:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the back of the tabernacle at the part which is toward the west thou shalt make six posts.
Exodus 26:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and five bars to one post on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars to the hinder posts, on the side of the tabernacle toward the sea.
Exodus 27:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten.
Exodus 37:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the west side curtains of fifty cubits, their posts ten and their sockets ten.
Leviticus 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are what ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all things that have fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, these ye shall eat.
Leviticus 11:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all things which have not fins or scales in the water, or in the seas, and in the brooks, of all which the waters produce, and of every soul living in the water, are an abomination; and they shall be abominations to you.
Numbers 2:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The station of the camp of Ephraim shall be westward with their forces, and the head of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Numbers 3:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Gershon shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.
Numbers 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and ye shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched westward shall move forward; and ye shall sound a fourth alarm, and they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.
Numbers 11:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and shall it suffice them?
Numbers 11:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails over from the sea; and it brought them down upon the camp a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on that side, round about the camp, as it were two cubits from the earth.
Numbers 13:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amalek dwells in the land toward the south: and the Hittite and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.
Numbers 14:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Amalek and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.
Numbers 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having departed from Mount Hor by the way leading to the Red Sea, they compassed the land of Edom, and the people lost courage by the way.
Numbers 33:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they departed from before Hahiroth, and crossed the middle of the sea into the wilderness; and they went a journey of three days through the wilderness, and encamped in Picriae.
Numbers 33:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they departed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
Numbers 33:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they departed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Numbers 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your southern side shall be from the wilderness of Zin to the border of Edom, and your border southward shall extend on the side of the salt sea eastward.
Numbers 34:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border shall compass from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the sea shall be the termination.
Numbers 34:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall have your border on the west, the great sea shall be the boundary: this shall be to you the border on the west.
Numbers 34:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be your northern border; from the great sea ye shall measure to yourselves, by the side of the mountain.
Numbers 34:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah eastward to the fountains, and the border shall go down from Riblah behind the sea Chinnereth eastward.
Numbers 34:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the termination shall be the salt sea; this shall be your land and its borders round about.
Numbers 35:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities as described.
Deuteronomy 1:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.
Deuteronomy 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we turned and departed into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we compassed Mount Seir many days.
Deuteronomy 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Arabah and Jordan are the boundary of Chinnereth, even to the Sea of Arabah, the salt sea under Asedoth Pisgah eastward.
Deuteronomy 3:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go up to the top of the quarried rock, and look with thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes, for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deuteronomy 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and what he did to the host of the Egyptians, and to their chariots, and their cavalry, and their host; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overwhelm the face of them as they pursued after you, and the Lord destroyed them until this day;
Deuteronomy 11:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Antilebanon, and from the great river, the river Euphrates, even as far as the west sea shall be your coasts.
Deuteronomy 30:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither is it beyond the sea, saying, Who will go over for us to the other side of the sea, and take it for us, and make it audible to us, and we will do it?
Deuteronomy 33:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall utterly destroy the nations, and ye shall call men there, And there offer the sacrifice of righteousness; For the wealth of the sea shall suckle thee, And so shall the marts of them that dwell by the seacoast.
Deuteronomy 33:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Naphtali he said, Naphtali has the fullness of good things; And let him be filled with blessing from the Lord: He shall inherit the west and the south.
Deuteronomy 34:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and all the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah to the farthest sea;
Joshua 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The wilderness and Antilebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the extremity of the sea; your coasts shall be from the setting of the sun.
Joshua 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Joshua 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as the region of Kiriath-jearim, and the lower part came down to the Sea of Arabah, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho.
Joshua 4:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
when the Lord our God had dried up the water of Jordan from before them, until they had passed over; as the Lord our God did to the Red Sea, which the Lord our God dried up from before us, until we passed over.
Joshua 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the kings of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phoenicia by the sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children of Israel when they passed over, that their hearts failed, and they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them because of the children of Israel.
Joshua 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Bethel and Ai, westward of Ai.
Joshua 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the ambuscade was on the west side of the city.
Joshua 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, who were in the mountain country, and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and those who were near Antilebanon, and the Hittites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites, heard of it,
Joshua 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they and their kings with them went forth, as the sand of the sea in multitude, and horses, and very many chariots.
Joshua 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Arabah as far as the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and as far as the Sea of Arabah; the salt sea eastward by the way to Jeshimoth, from Thaeman under Asedoth Pisgah.
Joshua 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua and the children of Israel slew beyond Jordan by the Sea of Baal-gad in the plain of Lebanon, and as far as the mountain of Halak, as men go up to Seir: and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel to inherit according to their portion;
Joshua 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 13:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Enadom, and Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon: and Jordan shall be the boundary as far as part of the Sea of Chinnereth beyond Jordan eastward.
Joshua 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the high country that extends southward.
Joshua 15:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they go out to Azmon, and issue at the Valley of Egypt; and the termination of its boundaries shall be at the sea: these are their boundaries southward.
Joshua 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their boundaries eastward are all the salt sea as far as Jordan; and their borders from the north, and from the border of the sea, and from part of Jordan—
Joshua 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders go up to the Valley of Hinnom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the Valley of Hinnom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Rephaim northward.
Joshua 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border will go round from Baalah to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Seir behind the city of Jearim northward; this is Chesalon: and it will come down to the city of the Sun, and will go on to the south.
Joshua 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border terminates behind Ekron northward, and the borders will terminate at Shikkeron, and the borders will go on to the south, and will terminate at Jabneel, and the issue of the borders will be at the sea; and their borders shall be toward the sea, the great sea shall be the boundary.
Joshua 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the borders of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Joshua 15:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ashdod, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.
Joshua 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they will go across to the sea to the borders of Japhletites, as far as the borders of Beth-horon the lower, and the going forth of them shall be to the sea.
Joshua 16:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders will proceed to the sea to Icasmon north of Therma; they will go round eastward to Taanath, and Shiloh, and will pass on eastward to Janoah,
Joshua 16:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders will proceed from Tappuah to the sea to Kanah; and their termination will be at the sea; this is the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim according to their families.
Joshua 17:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall go down to the Valley of Kanah southward by the Valley of Jezreel (there is a turpentine tree belonging to Ephraim between that and the city of Manasseh): and the borders of Manasseh are northward to the brook; and the sea shall be its termination.
Joshua 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Southward the land belongs to Ephraim, and northward to Manasseh; and the sea shall be their coast; and northward they shall border upon Asher, and eastward upon Issachar.
Joshua 18:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their borders were northward: the borders shall go up from Jordan behind Jericho northward, and shall go up to the mountain westward, and the issue of it shall be Beth-aven of Mabdara.
Joshua 18:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Beth-horon southward, and its termination shall be at Kiriath-baal, this is Kiriath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah; this is the part toward the west.
Joshua 18:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the termination of the borders shall be at the creek of the salt sea northward to the side of Jordan southward: these are their southern borders.
Joshua 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the sea and Magelda, and it shall reach to Beth-arabah in the valley, which is opposite Jokneam.
Joshua 19:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the boundaries shall border upon Tabor, and upon Salim westward, and Beth-shemesh; and the extremity of his bounds shall be Jordan.
Joshua 19:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal, and the lot will border on Carmel westward, and on Shihor, and Libnath.
Joshua 19:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall turn back to Ramah, and to the fountain of Masphassat, and the Tyrians; and the borders shall return to Jasiph, and their going forth shall be the sea, and Mahalab, and Achzib,
Joshua 19:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the coasts will return westward by Aznoth-tabor, and will go out thence to Jacana, and will border on Zebulun southward, and Asher will join it westward, and Jordan eastward.
Joshua 19:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And westward of Jarkon the border was near to Joppa.
Joshua 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to one half the tribe of Manasseh Moses gave a portion in the land of Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave a portion with his brethren on the other side of Jordan westward: and when Joshua sent them away to their homes, then he blessed them.
Joshua 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and some I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.
Joshua 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward God brought out our fathers from Egypt, and ye entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into the Red Sea.
Joshua 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and ye were in the wilderness many days.
Judges 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gilead is on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents; And why does Dan remain in ships? Asher sat down on the seacoasts, And he will tabernacle at his ports.
Judges 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east were scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.
Judges 9:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gaal continued to speak and said, Behold, a people comes down westward from the part bordering on the middle of the land, and another company comes by the way of Helon Maonenim.
Judges 11:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for in their going up out of Egypt Israel went in the wilderness as far as the Sea of Siph, and came to Kadesh.
1 Kingdoms 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Michmash, opposite Beth-aven southward.
2 Kingdoms 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King David took from Betah, and from the choice cities of Hadadezer, very much brass: with that Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the lavers, and all the furniture.
2 Kingdoms 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to thee from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is upon the seashore for multitude: and that thy presence go in the midst of them.
2 Kingdoms 22:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the channels of the sea were seen, And the foundations of the world were discovered, At the rebuke of the Lord, At the blast of the breath of his anger.
3 Kingdoms 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
3 Kingdoms 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
into rafts, and bring them to the place which thou shalt send to me about; and I will land them there, and thou shalt take them up: and thou shalt do my will, in giving bread to my household.
3 Kingdoms 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was completely circular round about: its height was five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits.
3 Kingdoms 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round;
3 Kingdoms 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were twelve oxen under the sea; three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts were inward, and the sea was above upon them.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2281, grouped by book.

Genesis 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 26 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 39 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 37 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 24 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 49 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 16 usages, New Testament
Mark 15 usages, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 9 usages, New Testament
Acts 10 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 22 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 11 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 8 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2281 FAQ

What does thalassa (θάλασσα) mean?

Thalassa (Strong's G2281) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sea". thalassa (thal'-as-sah) n. 1. the sea {(genitive case or specially)}

How many times is thalassa (θάλασσα) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 448 linked usages for Strong's G2281 across 55 books.

Where can I study thalassa (θάλασσα) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2281 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate thalassa (θάλασσα)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sea, lord, borders, land, jordan, and side. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2281 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 321 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 36 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 8 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2281, with linked reader references where each row is available.