East Sea
East Sea
(with the art. , ha-yam hak-kadmoni’, the forward sea; Sept. ) is an epithet used in two passages (Joe 2:20; Eze 47:18) of the DEAD SEA SEE DEAD SEA (q.v.), because it lay on the eastern side of the Holy Land. The Mediterranean Sea, because lying in the opposite direction, was on a like account called the West Sea, or the sea on the western border (Num 34:6; Jos 15:12, etc.). SEE SEA.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
East sea
(Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18), the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land. The Mediterranean, which lay on the west, was hence called the “great sea for the west border” (Num. 34:6).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
East Sea
Joe 2:20; Eze 47:18. Literally, the front sea, i.e. the Dead Sea, which one looking E. would face; “the utmost (hinder) sea” is the Mediterranean, at such a one’s back (Num 34:6).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
East Sea
See Dead Sea
Dead Sea