Great Sea
Ancient site, identified with Mediterranean Sea.
Placebody of water36 verses
Where was it?
One proposed modern location, with the scholarly support recorded for it.
- Mediterranean Sea1,000
Name variants
- Mediterranean Sea (81)
- Great Sea (63)
- Mediterranean (13)
- Sea (7)
- Western Sea (4)
- sea of the Philistines (4)
- Sea of the Philistines (2)
- Philistia (1)
References
Topical references
- Mentioned in Scripture as "the Great Sea," — Numbers 34:6; Numbers 34:7; Joshua 1:4; Joshua 9:1; Joshua 15:12; Joshua 15:47; Joshua 23:4; Ezekiel 47:10; Ezekiel 47:15; Ezekiel 47:20; Ezekiel 48:28
- Sea of the Philistines — Exodus 23:31
- Sea of Joppa — Ezra 3:7
- The hinder sea — Zechariah 14:8
- The uttermost sea — Deuteronomy 11:24
- The utmost sea — Joel 2:20
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.