Difference between revisions of "East Sea"
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35184" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35184" /> == | ||
<p> Joel 2:20; Ezekiel 47:18. Literally, the front sea, i.e. the [[Dead]] Sea, which one looking | <p> Joel 2:20; Ezekiel 47:18. Literally, the front sea, i.e. the [[Dead]] Sea, which one looking E. would face; "the utmost (hinder) sea" is the Mediterranean, at such a one's back ( Numbers 34:6). </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31273" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31273" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38414" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38414" /> == | ||
<p> (with the art. הִיָּם הִקִּדְמֹנַי, '' | <p> (with the art. הִיָּם הִקִּדְמֹנַי, ''Ha-Yam Hak-Kadmoni', The [[Forward]] Sea;'' Sept. ἡ θάλασσα ἡ πρώτη ) is an epithet used in two passages ( Joel 2:20; Ezekiel 47:18) of the DEAD SEA (See Dead Sea) (q.v.), because it lay on the eastern side of the [[Holy]] Land. The [[Mediterranean]] Sea, because lying in the opposite direction, was on a like account called the West Sea, or the sea on the western border ( Numbers 34:6; Joshua 15:12, etc.). (See [[Sea]]). </p> | ||
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Revision as of 09:23, 13 October 2021
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
Joel 2:20; Ezekiel 47:18. Literally, the front sea, i.e. the Dead Sea, which one looking E. would face; "the utmost (hinder) sea" is the Mediterranean, at such a one's back ( Numbers 34:6).
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Joel 2:20 Ezekiel 47:18 Numbers 34:6
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Ezekiel 47:18Dead Sea
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(with the art. הִיָּם הִקִּדְמֹנַי, Ha-Yam Hak-Kadmoni', The Forward Sea; Sept. ἡ θάλασσα ἡ πρώτη ) is an epithet used in two passages ( Joel 2:20; Ezekiel 47:18) of the DEAD SEA (See Dead Sea) (q.v.), because it lay on the eastern side of the Holy Land. The Mediterranean Sea, because lying in the opposite direction, was on a like account called the West Sea, or the sea on the western border ( Numbers 34:6; Joshua 15:12, etc.). (See Sea).
