Definition:
θάλασσα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for יָם;] the sea: Mat.23:15, Mrk.11:23, Luk.21:25, Rom.9:27, Heb.11:12, Jas.1:6, Ju 13, Rev.7:1, al; τὸ πέλαγος τῆς θ. (see Tr, ut infr.), Mat.18:6; ὁ οὐρανὸς κ. ἡ γῆ κ. ἡ θ, of the whole world, Act.4:24, al. (Hag.2:7); θ. ὑαλίνη, Rev.4:6 15:2; of the Mediterranean, Act.10:6, 32 17:14; of the Red Sea, ἐρυθρὰ θ, Act.7:36, 1Co.10:1-2, Heb.11:20; of an inland lake (as Heb. יָם), θ. τ. Γαλιλαίας, Mat.4:18 15:29, Mrk.1:16 7:31; τ. Τιβεριάδος, Jhn.21:1; τ. Γ. τ. T, Jhn.6:1; of the same, simply ἡ θ, Mat.4:15, Mrk.2:13, al SYN.: πέλαγος, the vast expanse of open water"; θ, "the sea as contrasted with the land" (Tr, Syn., xiii) (AS)
Definition:
θάλασσα [θᾰ],
Attic dialectθᾰλᾰμ-ττα [
Refs] (but θάλασσα 22.236 [
Refs 4th c.BC+], ἡ: —
sea, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently of the Mediterranean
sea, ἥδε ἡ θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ παρ᾽ ἡμῖν θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐντὸς καὶ κ. ἡ. λεγομένη θ. [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἡ ἔσω θ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἔξω θ, of the Ocean, [
Refs]; ἡ Ἀτλαντικὴ θ. [
Refs]; ἡ μεγάλη θ. [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a
salt lake, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ θάλασσαν by
sea, opposed to πεζῇ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to κατὰ γῆς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατά τε γῆν καὶ κατὰ θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς θ. ἀνθεκτέα ἐστί one must engage in
maritime affairs, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ περὶ τὴν θ.
sea-faring men, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
a sea of troubles, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ Κρὴς τὴν θ. (i.e. ἀγνοεῖ), of pretended ignorance, [
Refs]
2)
sea-water, ἔστω ἐν χαλκῷ ἡ θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
well of salt water, said to be produced by a stroke of Poseidon's trident, in the Acropolis at Athens, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
channel, [
LXX]
5) χαλκῆ θ.
laver,[
LXX]
6) θ. κοίλη wooden
theatre, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —For the _Laconian dialect_ form σάλασσα, see at {θαλασσομέδων}.