Strong's Number H3220

יָם

yam · yawm

Transliteration:

yam{yawm}

Word Origin:

from an unused root meaning to roar

TWOT:

871a

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

sea 321, west 47, westward 21, west side 4, seafaring men 1, south 1, western 1

Total: 396
Occurs 396 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

sea
1. Mediterranean Sea
2. Red Sea
3. Dead Sea
4. Sea of Galilee
5. sea (general)
6. mighty river (Nile)
7. the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
8. seaward, west, westward