θάλασσα

qavlassa qavlassa (cf. Buttmann, 7),
qalavssh",
hJ (akin to
a{l" (better, allied to
taravssw etc., from its tossing; cf. Vanicek, p. 303); the Septuagint for !y:) (from Homer down), the sea; (on its distinction from
pevlago" see the latter word); a. universally: ; ; ,; ; ; ; ; ; ; , etc.;
ejrgavzesqai
thvn
qalasshn (see
ejrgavzomai, 2 a.), ;
tov
pevlago"
th'"
qalavssh" (see
pevlago", a.), ; joined with
gh' and
oujranov" it forms a periphrasis for the whole world, ; ; ; (L WH brackets); (; (); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 3, 2; (contra Apion 2, 10, 1)); among the visions of the Apocalypse a glassy sea or sea of glass is spoken of; but what the writer symbolized by this is not quite clear: ; . b. specifically used (even without the article, cf. Winer's Grammar, 121 (115); Buttmann, sec. 124, 8b.) of the Mediterranean Sea: ,; ; of the Red Sea (see
ejruqrov"),
hJ
ejruqra'/
qavlassa, ; f; . By a usage foreign to native Greek writings (cf. Aristotle, meteor. 1, 13, p. 351a, 8
hJ
uJpov
tovn
Kaukason
livmnh
h{n
kalou'sin
oiJ
ejkei'
qalattan, and Hesychius defines
livmnh:
hJ
qavlassa
kaiv
oJ
wjkeanov") employed like the Hebrew !y: (e. g. ), by Matthew, Mark, and John (nowhere by Luke) of the Lake of
Gennhsarevt (which see):
hJ
qavlassa
th'"
Galilaiva", ; ; ; (similarly Lake Constance, der Bodensee, is called mare Suebicum, the Suabian Sea);
th'"
Tiberiavdo", ;
th'"
Galilaiva"
th'"
Tiberiavdo" (on which twofold genitive cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 30, 3 N. 3; (Buttmann, 400 (343))), ; more frequently simply
hJ
qavlassa: ,; ,f,32; , etc.; ; ; ,; , etc.; ,,; . Cf. Furrer in Schenkel ii. 322ff; (see
Gennhsarevt).