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.