θάλασσα | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

θάλασσα, -ης, ἡ

Definition

sea, lake

Erasmian

Modern

Root

θαλασσα

Frequency

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

Revelation 15:2	And I saw what appeared to be a sea (thalassan \| θάλασσαν \| acc sg fem) of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing beside the sea (thalassan \| θάλασσαν \| acc sg fem) of glass with harps given them by God.
Revelation 16:3	The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea (thalassan \| θάλασσαν \| acc sg fem) and it turned into blood like that of a corpse, and every living creature in the sea (thalassē \| θαλάσσῃ \| dat sg fem) died.
Revelation 18:17	For in a single hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin.” And every sea captain and everyone who travels by sea, sailors and those who make their living from the sea (thalassan \| θάλασσαν \| acc sg fem), stood at a distance
Revelation 18:19	And they threw dust on their heads and cried out as they wept and mourned, saying, “Alas, alas, O great city by which all who had ships at sea (thalassē \| θαλάσσῃ \| dat sg fem) grew rich from her prosperity! For in a single hour she has been brought to ruin.
Revelation 18:21	Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a huge millstone and hurled it into the sea (thalassan \| θάλασσαν \| acc sg fem), saying, “With this kind of violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and never again will it be found!
Revelation 20:8	and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. In number they are as the sand of the sea (thalassēs \| θαλάσσης \| gen sg fem).
Revelation 20:13	And the sea (thalassa \| θάλασσα \| nom sg fem) gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and they were judged, each one according to his deeds.
Revelation 21:1	Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea (thalassa \| θάλασσα \| nom sg fem) was no more.