Vocabulary Form
θάλασσα, -ης, ἡ
Definition

sea, lake

Erasmian
Modern
Root
θαλασσα
Frequency
91
GK
2498
Cognates

Thalassian (qalavssioV) means "pertaining to the sea."

Mnemonics

The lake was like glass.

Mnemonic Singing

Casting down their golden crowns
around the glassy sea

Song

Biblical Concordance

Mark 6:48 He saw them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he came toward them, walking on the lake (thalassēs | θαλάσσης | gen sg fem). He intended to pass by them,
Mark 6:49 but when they saw him walking on the lake (thalassēs | θαλάσσης | gen sg fem), they thought he was a ghost. And they cried out,
Mark 7:31 Departing again from the region of Tyre, Jesus went through Sidon to the Sea (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem) of Galilee, in the midst of the region of the Decapolis.
Mark 9:42 “And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem).
Mark 11:23 I tell you the truth, that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem) and does not waver in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
Luke 17:2 It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is cast into the sea (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem) than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamore, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ (thalassē | θαλάσσῃ | dat sg fem) and it would obey you.
Luke 21:25 “There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring and surging of the sea (thalassēs | θαλάσσης | gen sg fem);
John 6:1 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea (thalassēs | θαλάσσης | gen sg fem) of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias).
John 6:16 Now when evening had come, his disciples went down to the lake (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem),
John 6:17 got into a boat and started across the sea (thalassēs | θαλάσσης | gen sg fem) to Capernaum. It had by then become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
John 6:18 The sea (thalassa | θάλασσα | nom sg fem) was getting rough because a strong wind had started to blow.
John 6:19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the lake (thalassēs | θαλάσσης | gen sg fem) and approaching the boat, and they were terrified.
John 6:22 On the next day the crowd was standing on the other side of the lake (thalassēs | θαλάσσης | gen sg fem). They knew that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gotten into the boat with his disciples, but that the disciples had left without him.
John 6:25 And when they found him on the other side of the lake (thalassēs | θαλάσσης | gen sg fem), they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”
John 21:1 After this Jesus again revealed himself to his disciples by the Sea (thalassēs | θαλάσσης | gen sg fem) of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.
John 21:7 Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his outer garment (for he was wearing nothing underneath), and jumped into the sea (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem).
Acts 4:24 When they heard this, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem), and everything that is in them,
Acts 7:36 He led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea (thalassē | θαλάσσῃ | dat sg fem) and in the wilderness for forty years.
Acts 10:6 He is lodging with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.” (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem)
Acts 10:32 Send therefore to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter. He is staying in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.’ (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem)
Acts 14:15 saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? For we too are men subject to the same frailties as you, bringing you good news to turn away from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem) and everything in them,
Acts 17:14 Then immediately the brothers sent Paul away, to go as far as to the sea (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem), but Silas and Timothy remained there.
Acts 27:30 But when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the dinghy into the sea (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem) pretending they intended to let down anchors from the bow,
Acts 27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing the wheat out into the sea (thalassan | θάλασσαν | acc sg fem).