Dict: easton - Sea, The

easton:

Sea, The @ (Heb. yam), signifies

(1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean kjv@Genesis:1:10);

(2) a river, as the Nile kjv@Isaiah:19:5), the Euphrates kjv@Isaiah:21:1; kjv@Jeremiah:51:36);

(3) the Red Sea kjv@Exodus:14:16 kjv@Exodus:14:27 kjv@Exodus:15:4, etc.);

(4) the Mediterranean kjv@Exodus:23:31; kjv@Numbers:34:6-7; kjv@Joshua:15:47; kjv@Psalms:80:11, etc.);

(5) the "sea of Galilee," an inland fresh-water lake, and

(6) the Dead Sea or "salt sea" kjv@Genesis:14:3; kjv@Numbers:34:3 kjv@Numbers:34:12, etc.). The word "sea" is used symbolically in kjv@Isaiah:60:5, where it probably means the nations around the Mediterranean. In kjv@Daniel:7:3, kjv@Revelation:13:1 it may mean the tumultuous changes among the nations of the earth.

Sea, The molten @ the great laver made by Solomon for the use of the priests in the temple, described in kjvKings:7:23-26; kjv@2Chronicals:4:2-5. It stood in the south-eastern corner of the inner court. It was 5 cubits high, 10 in diameter from brim to brim, and 30 in circumference. It was placed on the backs of twelve oxen, standing with their faces outward. It was capable of containing two or three thousand baths of water (comp. kjv@2Chronicals:4:5), which was originally supplied by the Gibeonites, but was afterwards brought by a conduit from the pools of Bethlehem. It was made of "brass" (copper), which Solomon had taken from the captured cities of Hadarezer, the king of Zobah ( kjv@1Chronicles:18:8). Ahaz afterwards removed this laver from the oxen, and placed it on a stone pavement ( kjv@2Kings:16:17). It was destroyed by the Chaldeans (25:13).