Biblical place
Where was Great Sea?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Mediterranean Sea.
First appears in Exodus 23:31 · 14 books · 24 chapters
Overview
(Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river, as the Nile (Isa. 19:5), the Euphrates (Isa. 21:1; Jer. 51:36); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Mediterranean Sea.
Great Sea is represented in the local geography layer as Mediterranean Sea. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Exodus 23:31 and is mentioned across 14 books, with 36 verse references collected into the glossary index.
Nearby biblical places
Where it sits on the map
How to get to Great Sea today
Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.
Great Sea names a waterway or shoreline rather than one stop, so the map point acts as a geographic center inside the wider corridor.
Great Sea is mapped here as a representative point along the wider water corridor.
This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Borders, permits, local access, and the exact identification of biblical landscapes can change.
Key passages
Appears in
8 chapters · 14 verse mentions
2 chapters · 6 verse mentions
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1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention