Skip to main content
Sign in

Great Sea

Where Great Sea sits on the map, and the 36 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.

Loading the map…
Identified with
Mediterranean Sea
Coordinates
31.8048, 34.1703
Mentions
36 mentions

Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.

Passages where it appears

36 verses, in biblical order.

Exodus

  • Exodus 23:31

    Then I will set your limits to be from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Palestinians, and from the desert all the way to the river. I will deliver into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and I will cast them out from your sight.

Numbers

  • Numbers 13:29

    But it has very strong occupants, and the cities are great and also walled. We saw the race of Anak there.

  • Numbers 34:5

    And its limits shall go around from Azmon to the Torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the shore of the Great Sea.

  • Numbers 34:6

    Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end.

  • Numbers 34:7

    Furthermore, toward the northern region, its limits shall begin from the Great Sea, passing through even to the highest mountain.

Deuteronomy

  • Deuteronomy 11:24

    Every place upon which your foot shall tread will be yours. From the desert, and from Lebanon, from the great river Euphrates, as far as the western sea, shall be your borders.

  • Deuteronomy 34:2

    and all of Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and the entire land of Judah, even to the furthest sea,

Joshua

  • Joshua 1:4

    From the desert and from Lebanon, even to the great river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, as far as the great sea opposite the setting of the sun, shall be your border.

  • Joshua 5:1

    Therefore, after all the kings of the Amorites, who were living across the Jordan toward the western region, and all the kings of Canaan, who possessed the places beside the great sea, had heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel, until they crossed over it, their heart was broken, and there remained in them no spirit, out of fear at the entrance of the sons of Israel.

  • Joshua 9:1

    And when these things were heard, all the kings across the Jordan, who lived among the mountains and plains, along the coastline and shores of the great sea, also those who were living near Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,

  • Joshua 15:4

    And from there, it passes on to Azmon, and reaches to the torrent of Egypt. And its boundary shall be the great sea; this shall be the limit of the southern region.

  • Joshua 15:11

    And it continues on, toward the north, to a region beside Ekron. And it inclines toward Shikkeron, and it crosses to mount Baalah. And it extends into Jabneel, and the last part closes at the west with the great sea.

  • Joshua 15:12

    These are the borders of the sons of Judah, in their families, on all sides.

  • Joshua 15:47

    Ashdod, with its towns and villages. Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the torrent of Egypt, with the great sea as its border.

  • Joshua 16:3

    And it descends to the west, beside the border of Japhleti, as far as the borders of lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer. And the last parts of its regions are by the great sea.

  • Joshua 16:6

    and the confines extend to the sea. Yet truly, Michmethath looks toward the north, and it circles around the borders, toward the east, into Taanath-shiloh. And it continues on, from the east, to Janoah.

  • Joshua 16:8

    From Tappuah, it passes on, opposite the sea, into the Valley of Reeds. And its exit is at the very salty sea. This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, by their families.

  • Joshua 17:9

    And the border descends to the Valley of Reeds, to the south of the torrent of the cities of Ephraim, which are in the midst of the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh is to the north of the torrent, and its exit extends to the sea.

  • Joshua 17:10

    So it is that the possession of Ephraim is in the south, and that of Manasseh is in the north, and both are enclosed by the sea, and they are joined together by the tribe of Asher to the north, and by the tribe of Issachar to the east.

  • Joshua 19:29

    And it turns back at Ramah, even to the very fortified city of Tyre, and even to Hosah. And its exits shall be at the sea, from the lot of Achzib;

  • Joshua 23:4

    And now, since he has divided to you by lot all the land, from the eastern part of the Jordan even to the great sea, and yet many nations still remain,

1 Kings

  • 1 Kings 5:9

    My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. And I will arrange them together as rafts on the sea, as far as the place that you will indicate to me. And I will land them there, and you will take them. And you shall offer to me what is necessary to give food to my house.”

2 Chronicles

  • 2 Chronicles 2:16

    Then we will cut down as much wood from Lebanon as you will need, and we will convey them as rafts by sea to Joppa. Then it will be for you to transfer them to Jerusalem.”

Ezra

  • Ezra 3:7

    And so they gave money to those who cut and laid stones. Similarly, they gave food, and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians, so that they would bring cedar wood, from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, in accord with what had been commanded of them by Cyrus, the king of the Persians.

Psalms

  • Psalms 80:11

    For I am the Lord your God, who led you out of the land of Egypt. Widen your mouth, and I will fill it.

Isaiah

  • Isaiah 11:11

    And this shall be in that day: the Lord will send forth his hand a second time to take possession of the remnant of his people who will be left behind: from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Jeremiah

  • Jeremiah 47:5

    Baldness has arrived over Gaza. Ashkelon has been silenced, along with the remnant of their valley. And how long will you continue to be cut down?

Ezekiel

  • Ezekiel 47:10

    And fishermen will stand over these waters. There will be the drying of nets, from Engedi even to Eneglaim. There will be very many kinds of fish within it: a very great multitude, like the fish of the great sea.

  • Ezekiel 47:15

    Now this is the border of the land toward the northern region, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, arriving at Zedad:

  • Ezekiel 47:17

    and the border will be from the sea, even to the entrance of Enon, at the border of Damascus, and from the north to the north, at the border of Hamath, on the northern side.

  • Ezekiel 47:19

    Now the southern region, toward the meridian, will be from Tamar, even to the Waters of Contradiction at Kadesh, and from the Torrent, even to the great sea. And this is the southern region, toward the meridian.

  • Ezekiel 47:20

    And the region toward the sea will have its confines from the great sea continuing directly until one arrives at Hamath. This is the region of the sea.

  • Ezekiel 48:28

    And beyond the border of Gad, toward the southern region, in the meridian, the last part shall be from Tamar, even to the Waters of Contradiction at Kadesh, as the inheritance opposite the great sea.

Daniel

  • Daniel 7:2

    I saw in my vision at night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens fought upon the great sea.

Joel

  • Joel 2:20

    And he who is from the North, I will drive far from you. And I will expel him into an impassable land, and into the desert, with his face opposite the Eastern sea, and his furthest part towards the furthest sea. And his stench will ascend, and his rottenness will ascend, because he has acted arrogantly.

Zechariah

  • Zechariah 14:8

    And this shall be in that day: the living waters will go out from Jerusalem, half of them towards the East sea, and half of them towards the furthest sea. They will be in summer and in winter.

Routes that pass through here

Tabor itineraries with a stop at this place.

See all biblical places