The word in Scripture

Sea in the Bible

The word sea appears 400 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The sea is the vast, untamed deep that God alone rules. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What sea means in the Bible

The sea is the vast, untamed deep that God alone rules.

Where the word sea appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word sea appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;”Psalms 46:2

“He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.”Psalms 72:8

“Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.”Isaiah 24:15

“And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.”Matthew 8:24

“And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.”Matthew 14:26

“After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.”John 6:1

“After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.”John 21:1

“Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.”Revelation 7:3