- SEA OF GLASS a figurative expression used in Revelation 4:6 and 15:2.
According to the interpretation of some, “this calm, glass-like sea, which is
never in storm, but only interfused with flame, represents the counsels of
God, those purposes of righteousness and love which are often fathomless
but never obscure, always the same, though sometimes glowing with holy
anger.” (Comp. Psalm 36:6; 77:19; Romans 11:33-36.) - SEA OF JAZER (Jeremiah 48:32), a lake, now represented by some
ponds in the high valley in which the Ammonite city of Jazer lies, the
ruins of which are called Sar. - SEASONS (Genesis 8:22). See AGRICULTURE; MONTH.
- SEA, THE (Hebrews yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the
waters,” the ocean (Genesis 1:10); (2) a river, as the Nile (Isaiah 19:5), the
Euphrates (Isaiah 21:1; Jeremiah 51:36); (3) the Red Sea (Exodus 14:16,
27; 15:4, etc.); (4) the Mediterranean (Exodus 23:31; Numbers 34:6, 7;
Joshua 15:47; Psalm 80:11, etc.); (5) the “sea of Galilee,” an inland
fresh-water lake, and (6) the Dead Sea or “salt sea” (Genesis 14:3;
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