Strong’s H3220 · Hebrew
יָם
yâm
yawm
Definition
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to roar;
How the KJV renders it
- sea ( -faring man
- (-shore))
- south
- west (-ern
- side
- -ward)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.