Mediterranean

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Enclosed, or nearly enclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mediterranean.htm - 11k

Salim (1 Occurrence)

... hin'-der; ut'-most; ut'-er-most; wes'-tern. See MEDITERRANEAN SEA. SEA, THE. ... See , further, MEDITERRANEAN SEA. W. Ewing. SEA, THE MOLTEN; SEA, THE BRAZEN. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salim.htm - 15k

Quit (12 Occurrences)

... es'-tern. See DEAD SEA. SEA, MEDITERRANEAN. See MEDITERRANEAN SEA. SEA, RED. See RED SEA. ... SEA, WESTERN. wes'-tern. See MEDITERRANEAN SEA. SODOMITISH; SEA. ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quit.htm - 13k

Lebanon (66 Occurrences)

... es-Sharki, commences at its southern extremity in the gorge of the Leontes, the ancient Litany, and extends north-east, parallel to the Mediterranean coast, as ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lebanon.htm - 45k

Nile (37 Occurrences)

... These unite at the town of Khartoum, whence it pursues its course for 1,800 miles, and falls into the Mediterranean through its two branches, into which it is ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nile.htm - 29k

Whale (2 Occurrences)

... This fish may have been, therefore, some great shark. The white shark is known to frequent the Mediterranean Sea, and is sometimes found 30 feet in length. ... biblethesaurus.org/w/whale.htm - 13k

Fish (66 Occurrences)

... Fish abounded in the Mediterranean and in the lakes of the Jordan, so that the Hebrews were no doubt acquainted with many species. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fish.htm - 38k

Kittim (8 Occurrences)

... to the descendants of Javan, and indicates, therefore, the Greek-Latin races, whose territory extended along the coasts of the Mediterranean, and included its ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kittim.htm - 15k

Geology

... It will be seen by the map that the Crystalline rocks are nowhere adjacent to the Mediterranean, but that they touch the Nile at Acwan, where the river in ... biblethesaurus.org/g/geology.htm - 16k

Botany

... The land as a whole belongs to the botanical area known as the "Mediterranean region," a region characterized climatically by very dry, hot summers and fairly ... biblethesaurus.org/b/botany.htm - 38k

Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)

... Shemitic language, and the Canaanites, including Phoenicians, with the colonists descended from those at Carthage and elsewhere in the Mediterranean coast lands ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nehelamite.htm - 89k

Languages (36 Occurrences)

... Shemitic language, and the Canaanites, including Phoenicians, with the colonists descended from those at Carthage and elsewhere in the Mediterranean coast lands ... biblethesaurus.org/l/languages.htm - 49k

Tyre (59 Occurrences)

... "Tyrian merchants were the first who ventured to navigate the Mediterranean waters; and they founded their colonies on the coasts and neighbouring islands of ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tyre.htm - 45k

Esdraelon

... It is drained by "that ancient river" the Kishon, which flows westward to the Mediterranean. ... above the level of the Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/esdraelon.htm - 15k

Ebal (8 Occurrences)

... above the floor of the valley, and 3,077 ft. above the level of the Mediterranean. The Samaritans feign that Gerizim is the higher; but it is more than 200 ft. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ebal.htm - 14k

Melita (1 Occurrence)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Acts 27:28), an island in the Mediterranean, the modern Malta. Here the ship in which Paul was being ... biblethesaurus.org/m/melita.htm - 10k

Minor (2 Occurrences)

... of Asia), or Anatolia, is the name given to the peninsula which reaches out between the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) on the North and the Mediterranean on the ... biblethesaurus.org/m/minor.htm - 62k

Mastic

... 1. (n.) A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mastic.htm - 7k

Printed (2 Occurrences)

... skin" is best known from the Mexican and South American examples, but in recent years it has been found in deposits all over the Mediterranean region (North ... biblethesaurus.org/p/printed.htm - 13k

Pharaohnecoh

... navy. He had two fleets built, composed of triremes, one of them to navigate the Mediterranean, the other to navigate the Red Sea. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaohnecoh.htm - 11k

Print (3 Occurrences)

... skin" is best known from the Mexican and South American examples, but in recent years it has been found in deposits all over the Mediterranean region (North ... biblethesaurus.org/p/print.htm - 15k

Phenicia (1 Occurrence)

... phoinix, "a palm", the land of palm-trees; a strip of land of an average breadth of about 20 miles along the shores of the Mediterranean, from the river ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phenicia.htm - 12k

Printing

... skin" is best known from the Mexican and South American examples, but in recent years it has been found in deposits all over the Mediterranean region (North ... biblethesaurus.org/p/printing.htm - 13k

Cilicia (8 Occurrences)

... angle of Asia Minor, corresponding nearly with the modern Turkish vilayet of Adana; enfolded between the Taurus mountains and the Mediterranean Sea, with the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cilicia.htm - 13k

Cyprus (12 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary One of the largest islands of the Mediterranean, about 148 miles long and 40 broad. It is distant about ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyprus.htm - 27k

Crete (7 Occurrences)

... very fertile and possessing one or two good harbors, it seems marked out by its position for an important role in the history of the eastern Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crete.htm - 19k

Army (401 Occurrences)

... of war. But Canaan, between the Mediterranean and the desert, was the highway of the East and the battle-ground of nations. The ... biblethesaurus.org/a/army.htm - 76k

Pharaoh-necoh (3 Occurrences)

... navy. He had two fleets built, composed of triremes, one of them to navigate the Mediterranean, the other to navigate the Red Sea. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaoh-necoh.htm - 12k

Shore (45 Occurrences)

... shor: (1) choph, always of the Mediterranean, variously translated "haven," "beach," "shore," "sea-shore," "coast," "sea coast" (Genesis 49:13 Deuteronomy 1:7 ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shore.htm - 22k

Sponge (3 Occurrences)

... Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sponge.htm - 10k

Sharon (9 Occurrences)

... A plain, a level tract extending from the Mediterranean to the hill country to the west of Jerusalem, about 30 miles long and from 8 to 15 miles broad ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sharon.htm - 13k

Palestine (1 Occurrence)

... inheritance to the seed of Abraham (Genesis 15:18-21; Numbers 34:1-12) was bounded on the east by the river Euphrates, on the west by the Mediterranean, on the ... biblethesaurus.org/p/palestine.htm - 89k

Commerce (3 Occurrences)

... Later, in the Maccabean period, Simon acquired Joppa as a Jewish port (1 Maccabees 14:5), and so extended Mediterranean commerce. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/commerce.htm - 15k

Cush (31 Occurrences)

... and the Tigris; while a third colonized the southern shores and islands of the gulf, whence they afterwards emigrated to the Mediterranean and settled on the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cush.htm - 25k

Lead (192 Occurrences)

... and the British Isles. Lead was used, as it still is, all along the Mediterranean shores for sinkers. Pieces of Egyptian fishnets ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lead.htm - 42k

Wanderings (7 Occurrences)

... It is drained into the broad Wady el-`Arish, named from el-`Arish ("the booth"), a station on the Mediterranean coast South of Gaza, where this valley enters ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wanderings.htm - 40k

Asia (22 Occurrences)

... of Asia), or Anatolia, is the name given to the peninsula which reaches out between the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus) on the North and the Mediterranean on the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asia.htm - 71k

Hethlon (2 Occurrences)

... 47:15; 48:1) is probably the pass at the end of Lebanon from the Mediterranean to the great plain of Hamath (qv), or the "entrance of Hamath.". Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hethlon.htm - 8k

Red (124 Occurrences)

... broad. This branch is now connected with the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal. Between these two arms lies the Sinaitic Peninsula. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/red.htm - 77k

Syria (73 Occurrences)

... Strabo, Pliny and Ptolemy give its boundaries as the Taurus Mountains, the Euphrates, the Syro-Arabian desert and the Mediterranean, and the territory within ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syria.htm - 60k

Dead (580 Occurrences)

... Its surface is 1,292 feet below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. ... below that of the Mediterranean Sea, or 450 above the Dead Sea.. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dead.htm - 80k

Locust (25 Occurrences)

... A strong north-west wind from the Mediterranean swept the locusts into the Red Sea.", Geikie's Hours, etc., ii., 149. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/locust.htm - 34k

Nazareth (29 Occurrences)

... into the plain of Esdraelon. It lies about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean at Haifa. The road to the plain ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nazareth.htm - 24k

Jordan (188 Occurrences)

... From the Sea of Galilee, at the level of 682 feet below the Mediterranean, the river flows through a long, low plain called "the region of Jordan" (Matthew 3:5 ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jordan.htm - 70k

Great (10383 Occurrences)

... he could best rule Egypt from the seacoast, he founded Alexandria on the strip of land opposite Pharos, which separated Lake Mareotis from the Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/great.htm - 35k

Mount (311 Occurrences)

... above the floor of the valley, and 3,077 ft. above the level of the Mediterranean. The Samaritans feign that Gerizim is the higher; but it is more than 200 ft. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mount.htm - 68k

Phoenicians

... and the dominion of the sea was more inviting to them, and they found room for expansion in the islands and on the coast of the Mediterranean, where they ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicians.htm - 38k

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)

... and the dominion of the sea was more inviting to them, and they found room for expansion in the islands and on the coast of the Mediterranean, where they ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicia.htm - 40k

Gilead (130 Occurrences)

... above the Mediterranean on the South, and forms the bed of the Buqei`a basin farther East, and 1,000 ft. higher. ... above the Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gilead.htm - 56k

Malchiel (3 Occurrences)

... Hermon nor Dan (Tell el-Qady) is visible from this point; nor can Zoar be seen; and if the Mediterranean is the hinder sea, it also is invisible. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/malchiel.htm - 74k

Assyria (124 Occurrences)

... crossed the Euphrates, defeated the kings of the Hittites, captured the city of Carchemish, and advanced as far as the shores of the Mediterranean." He may be ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assyria.htm - 101k

Medium (4 Occurrences)

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Galilee (73 Occurrences)

... and Gilboa on the south, and from the Jordan valley on the east away across the splendid plains of Jezreel and Acre to the shores of the Mediterranean on the ... biblethesaurus.org/g/galilee.htm - 67k

Architecture

... Probably Phoenician intercourse with the Mediterranean, generally, showed its influence, in which case a comparatively poor result might be inferred. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/architecture.htm - 28k

Nations (683 Occurrences)

... descendants apparently located themselves northward of this tract, while the sons of Javan extended themselves along the Mediterranean coastlands westward ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nations.htm - 58k

Plain (113 Occurrences)

... as in Deuteronomy 1:7, Joshua 11:16; 15:33, Jeremiah 32:44; 33:13, Zechariah 7:7, "the shephelah," it denotes the plain along the Mediterranean from Joppa to ... biblethesaurus.org/p/plain.htm - 71k

Boats (11 Occurrences)

... They were possessed of a considerable seaboard along the Mediterranean, but the character of their coast gave little encouragement to navigation. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/boats.htm - 40k

Ships (46 Occurrences)

... They were possessed of a considerable seaboard along the Mediterranean, but the character of their coast gave little encouragement to navigation. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/ships.htm - 53k

Zephaniah (11 Occurrences)

... If Ethiopia stands for Egypt, 2:12 can easily be accounted for as coming from Zephaniah, for the enemies who were going along the Mediterranean coast must ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zephaniah.htm - 32k

Egypt (596 Occurrences)

... 2. Description: The Brook of Egypt comes down from the plateau et Tih in the Sinai peninsula and falls into the Mediterranean Sea at latitude 31 5 North ... biblethesaurus.org/e/egypt.htm - 101k

Table (125 Occurrences)

... descendants apparently located themselves northward of this tract, while the sons of Javan extended themselves along the Mediterranean coastlands westward ... biblethesaurus.org/t/table.htm - 62k

Philistines (224 Occurrences)

... were a branch of the primitive race which spread over the whole district of the Lebanon and the valley of the Jordan, and Crete and other Mediterranean islands ... biblethesaurus.org/p/philistines.htm - 75k

Sea (4178 Occurrences)

... river, as the Nile (Isaiah 19:5), the Euphrates (Isaiah 21:1; Jeremiah 51:36); (3) the Red Sea (Exodus 14:16, 27; 15:4, etc.); (4) the Mediterranean (Exodus 23 ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sea.htm - 87k

Quails (4 Occurrences)

... These birds (the Coturnix vulgaris of naturalists) are found in countless numbers on the shores of the Mediterranean, and their annual migration is an event ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quails.htm - 8k

Viper (8 Occurrences)

... The viper mentioned in Acts 28:3 was probably the vipera aspis, or the Mediterranean viper. (see ADDER.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ... biblethesaurus.org/v/viper.htm - 10k

Zidon (25 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles north of Tyre. It received its name from ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zidon.htm - 17k

Zebulun (46 Occurrences)

... Zebulun, Lot of. In Galilee, to the north of Issachar and south of Asher and Naphtali (Joshua 19:10-16), and between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zebulun.htm - 29k

Karkaa (1 Occurrence)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A floor; bottom, a place between Adar and Azmon, about midway between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea (Joshua 15:3). ... biblethesaurus.org/k/karkaa.htm - 7k

Kedar (11 Occurrences)

... 29). The name occurs as typical of a distant eastern country in opposition to the lands of the Mediterranean (Jeremiah 2:10). The ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kedar.htm - 13k

Kanah (3 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Reedy; brook of reeds. (1.) A stream forming the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean eastward to Tappuah ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kanah.htm - 9k

Kishon (6 Occurrences)

... rises about the roots of Tabor and Gilboa, and passing in a northerly direction through the plains of Esdraelon and Acre, falls into the Mediterranean at the ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kishon.htm - 12k

Negeb (37 Occurrences)

... To the East it is bounded by the Dead Sea and the southern Ghor, and to the West there is no defined boundary before the Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/negeb.htm - 26k

Nineveh (23 Occurrences)

... Occupying a central position on the great highway between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, thus uniting the East and the West, wealth flowed into it ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nineveh.htm - 52k

Negev (39 Occurrences)

... To the East it is bounded by the Dead Sea and the southern Ghor, and to the West there is no defined boundary before the Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/negev.htm - 26k

Utmost (21 Occurrences)

... hin'-der; ut'-most; ut'-er-most; wes'-tern. See MEDITERRANEAN SEA. UTMOST SEA; UTTERMOST SEA. ut'-most, ut'-er-most. See MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ... biblethesaurus.org/u/utmost.htm - 13k

Uttermost (48 Occurrences)

... hin'-der; ut'-most; ut'-er-most; wes'-tern. See MEDITERRANEAN SEA. UTTERMOST. ... ut'-most, ut'-er-most. See MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/u/uttermost.htm - 23k

Jehoahaz (22 Occurrences)

... reign (824-812 BC). During these years, the kingdoms of the seaboard of the Mediterranean were unmolested. They coincide with the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehoahaz.htm - 23k

Jogbehah (2 Occurrences)

... It stands 3,468 ft. above the level of the Mediterranean. LITERATURE. Oliphant, Land of Gilead, 232; Baedeker-Socin, Palestine. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jogbehah.htm - 7k

Jackal (3 Occurrences)

... and 51:37. The jackal (from Persian shaghal), Canis aureus, is found about the Mediterranean except in Western Europe. It ranges ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jackal.htm - 15k