Yam יָם
| יָם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yam |
| Strong's number | H3220 (H3220G, H3220H, H3220I) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | sea |
| Occurrences | 396 in 339 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (52) |
Yam (Hebrew יָם, Strong's H3220) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “sea”. It occurs 396 times in 339 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H3220G: 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
H3220H: sea: 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
H3220I: (Mt. Ephron in the) West
Another name of eph.ron (עֶפְרוֹן "(Mount )Ephron" H6085H)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sea (297), west (47), seas (24), westward (21), side (4), western (1), south (1), men (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sea (230), west (51), seas (19), west side (7), into the sea (6), westward (6), western (5), salt sea (5), seashore (3), let the sea (3), like the sea (3), coast (2), and 32 other renderings |
Verses
Yam occurs in 339 verses, listed here by reference.
Genesis (13): 1:10, 1:22, 1:26, 1:28, 9:2, 12:8, 13:14, 14:3, 22:17, 28:14, 32:12, 41:49, 49:13
Exodus (28): 10:19, 13:18, 14:2, 14:9, 14:16, 14:21, 14:22, 14:23, 14:26, 14:27, 14:28, 14:29, 14:30, 15:1, 15:4, 15:8, 15:10, 15:19, 15:21, 15:22, 20:11, 23:31, 26:22, 26:27, 27:12, 36:27, 36:32, 38:12
Numbers (17): 2:18, 3:23, 11:22, 11:31, 13:29, 14:25, 21:4, 33:8, 33:10, 33:11, 34:3, 34:5, 34:6, 34:7, 34:11, 34:12, 35:5
Deuteronomy (12): 1:7, 1:40, 2:1, 3:17, 3:27, 4:49, 11:4, 11:24, 30:13, 33:19, 33:23, 34:2
Joshua (41): 1:4, 2:10, 3:16, 4:23, 5:1, 8:9, 8:12, 8:13, 9:1, 11:2, 11:3, 11:4, 12:3, 12:7, 13:27, 15:2, 15:4, 15:5, 15:8, 15:10, 15:11, 15:12, 15:46, 15:47, 16:3, 16:6, 16:8, 17:9, 17:10, 18:12, 18:14, 18:15, 18:19, 19:11, 19:26, 19:29, 19:34, 22:7, 23:4, 24:6, 24:7
1 Samuel (1): 13:5
1 Kings (13): 4:20, 4:29, 5:9, 7:23, 7:24, 7:25, 7:39, 7:44, 9:26, 9:27, 10:22, 18:43, 18:44
2 Kings (4): 14:25, 16:17, 25:13, 25:16
1 Chronicles (3): 9:24, 16:32, 18:8
2 Chronicles (10): 2:16, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4, 4:6, 4:10, 4:15, 8:17, 8:18, 20:2
Ezra (1): 3:7
Esther (1): 10:1
Job (12): 6:3, 7:12, 9:8, 11:9, 12:8, 14:11, 26:12, 28:14, 36:30, 38:8, 38:16, 41:31
Psalms (35): 8:8, 24:2, 33:7, 46:2, 65:5, 65:7, 66:6, 68:22, 69:34, 72:8, 74:13, 77:19, 78:13, 78:27, 78:53, 80:11, 89:9, 89:25, 93:4, 95:5, 96:11, 98:7, 104:25, 106:7, 106:9, 106:22, 107:3, 107:23, 114:3, 114:5, 135:6, 136:13, 136:15, 139:9, 146:6
Proverbs (3): 8:29, 23:34, 30:19
Ecclesiastes (1): 1:7
Isaiah (29): 5:30, 9:1, 10:22, 10:26, 11:9, 11:11, 11:14, 11:15, 16:8, 17:12, 18:2, 19:5, 21:1, 23:2, 23:4, 23:11, 24:14, 24:15, 27:1, 42:10, 43:16, 48:18, 49:12, 50:2, 51:10, 51:15, 57:20, 60:5, 63:11
Jeremiah (17): 5:22, 6:23, 15:8, 25:22, 27:19, 31:35, 33:22, 46:18, 47:7, 48:32, 49:21, 49:23, 50:42, 51:36, 51:42, 52:17, 52:20
Lamentations (1): 2:13
Ezekiel (52): 25:16, 26:3, 26:5, 26:16, 26:17, 26:18, 27:3, 27:4, 27:9, 27:25, 27:26, 27:27, 27:29, 27:32, 27:33, 27:34, 28:2, 28:8, 32:2, 38:20, 39:11, 41:12, 42:19, 45:7, 46:19, 47:8, 47:10, 47:15, 47:17, 47:18, 47:19, 47:20, 48:1, 48:2, 48:3, 48:4, 48:5, 48:6, 48:7, 48:8, 48:10, 48:16, 48:17, 48:18, 48:21, 48:23, 48:24, 48:25, 48:26, 48:27, 48:28, 48:34
Joel (1): 2:20
Jonah (8): 1:4, 1:5, 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:15, 2:3
Habakkuk (4): 1:14, 2:14, 3:8, 3:15
Haggai (1): 2:6
Zechariah (5): 9:4, 9:10, 10:11, 14:4, 14:8
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).