θάλασσα thalassa

Greek word for “sea” · Strong’s G2281 · used 91 times in 82 verses

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Meaning

θάλασσα, -ης, ἡ; the sea:, Ju 13, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for thalassa in context, with how often each is used:

• sea 90
• sea,’ 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 6 (7), Matthew 8 (4), Revelation 10 (4), Mark 4 (3), Mark 5 (3), Mark 6 (3), Acts 27 (3), Revelation 7 (3), Revelation 18 (3), Matthew 4 (2)

Forms

• θάλασσαν 43
• θαλάσσης 29
• θαλάσσῃ 13
• θάλασσα 6

Words used with it

Words that share verses with thalassa more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• γῆ gē “earth” 20
• πλοῖον ploion “boat” 11
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 15
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 10
• πέραν peran “other side” 7
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 13
• ἄνεμος anemos “wind” 7
• μέγας megas “great” 11
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 11
• παρά para “from/with/beside” 10
• Γαλιλαία Galilaia “Galilee” 7
• εἷς ehis “one” 9

Key verses

The verses using thalassa that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:18 — And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
• Matthew 8:26 — And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
• Luke 21:25 — And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
• Acts 7:36 — He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
• Acts 14:15 — And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the…
• Acts 28:4 — And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the…
• Romans 9:27 — Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
• 1 Corinthians 10:1 — Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
• Jude 1:13 — Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
• Revelation 5:13 — And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing,…
• Revelation 14:7 — Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and…
• Revelation 18:21 — And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.