Strong's #3220: yam (pronounced yawm)
from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south:--sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
yâm
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
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from an unused root meaning to roar
Usage:
This word is used 396 times:
Joshua 11:4: "that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots"
Joshua 12:3: "And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea"
Joshua 12:3: "of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea even the salt sea on the east,"
Joshua 12:3: "the sea even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south,"
Joshua 12:7: "on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon"
Joshua 13:27: "Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan"
Joshua 15:2: "was from the shore of the salt sea, from that looketh"
Joshua 15:4: "and the goings out of that coast at the sea: this shall be your south coast."
Joshua 15:5: "And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan."
Joshua 15:5: "in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:"
Joshua 15:8: "that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley"
Joshua 15:10: "And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir,"
Joshua 15:11: "and the goings out of the border were at the sea."
Joshua 15:12: " And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast"
Joshua 15:12: "And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast"
Joshua 15:46: "From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod,"
Joshua 15:47: "of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border"
Joshua 16:3: "And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast"
Joshua 16:3: "Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea."
Joshua 16:6: "And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about"
Joshua 16:8: "The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out"
Joshua 16:8: "unto the river Kanah; and the goings out at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe"
Joshua 17:9: "also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:"
Joshua 17:10: "it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; in Asher"
Joshua 18:12: "on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness"
Joshua 18:14: "was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from that"
Joshua 18:14: "a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter."
Joshua 18:15: "was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, to the well"
Joshua 18:19: "the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan:"
Joshua 19:11: "And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached"
Joshua 19:26: "and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;"
Joshua 19:29: "to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:"
Joshua 19:34: "And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok,"
Joshua 19:34: "to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan"
Joshua 22:7: "their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also"
Joshua 23:4: "that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward."
Joshua 24:6: "And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians"
Joshua 24:6: "pursued after with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea."
Joshua 24:7: "you and the Egyptians, the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen"
Judges 5:17: "Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches."
Judges 7:12: "number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude."
Judges 11:16: "and walked through the wilderness unto sea, and came to Kadesh;"
1 Samuel 13:5: "as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched"
2 Samuel 17:11: "Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle"
2 Samuel 22:16: "And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking"
1 Kings 4:20: "as the sand which is by the sea eating and drinking, and making merry."
1 Kings 4:29: "even as the sand that is on the sea shore."
1 Kings 5:9: "shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey in floats"
1 Kings 5:9: "unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that"
1 Kings 7:23: "And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim"
