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case, stands for its divine Author with an intimation that it remains perpetually
characterized as the living voice of God. This divine agency is again illustrated in Gal.
3:22 (cf. v. 10 and Matt. 11:13).
2.
(
$1
, 1121), “a letter of the alphabet,” etc. is used of the Holy
Scriptures in 2 Tim. 3:15. For the various uses of this word see
LETTER
.
SCROLL
(
&
, 975), the diminutive of
, “a book,” is used in Rev. 6:14, of “a
scroll,” the rolling up of which illustrates the removal of the heaven. See
BOOK
, No. 2.
SEA
A. Nouns.
1.
(
1
, 2281) is used (a) chiefly literally, e.g., “the Red Sea,” Acts
7:36; 1 Cor. 10:1; Heb. 11:29; the “sea” of Galilee or Tiberias, Matt. 4:18; 15:29; Mark
6:48, 49, where the acts of Christ testified to His deity; John 6:1; 21:1; in general, e.g.,
Luke 17:2; Acts 4:24; Rom. 9:27; Rev. 16:3; 18:17; 20:8, 13; 21:1; in combination with
No. 2, Matt. 18:6; (b) metaphorically, of “the ungodly men” described in Jude 13 (cf. Isa.
57:20); (c) symbolically, in the apocalyptic vision of “a glassy sea like unto crystal,” Rev.
4:6, emblematic of the fixed purity and holiness of all that appertains to the authority and
judicial dealings of God; in 15:2, the same, “mingled with fire,” and, standing by it (
RV
)
or on it (
KJV
and
RV
marg.), those who had “come victorious from the beast” (ch. 13); of
the wild and restless condition of nations, Rev. 13:1 (see 17:1, 15), where “he stood” (
RV
)
refers to the dragon, not John (
KJV
); from the midst of this state arises the beast, symbolic
of the final gentile power dominating the federated nations of the Roman world (see
Dan., chs. 2, 7, etc.).
Note:
For the change from “the sea” in Deut. 30:13, to “the abyss” in Rom. 10:7, see
BOTTOM
, B.
2.
(
1
, 989), “the deep sea, the deep,” is translated “the depth” in
Matt. 18:6, and is used of the “Sea of Cilicia” in Acts 27:5. See
DEPTH
, No. 2.¶
8
signifies “the vast expanse of open water,”
, “the sea as contrasted with the land”
(Trench,
- !
, Sec.xiii).
B. Adjectives.
1.
(
#
1
, 1724), “in the sea,” lit., “of, or belonging to, the salt water” (from
, “salt”), occurs in Jas. 3:7.¶
2.
(
$1
, 3882), “by the sea,” Luke 6:17: see
COAST
.¶
3.
(
$ 1
, 3864), “by the sea,” Matt. 4:13, see
COAST
, Note
2.¶
4.
(
1
, 1337) primarily signifies “divided into two seas” (
,
“twice,” and
), then, “dividing the sea,” as of a reef or rocky projection running
out into the “sea,” Acts 27:41.¶
SEAL (Noun and Verb)
A. Noun.