Definition

having two seas, i.e. a sound with a double outlet

Etymology

from G1364 (δίς) and G2281 (θάλασσα);

Where the KJV renders it

• where two seas meet

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek 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.

What the first audience heard

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