Lake
LAKE
See MEROM and SEA. That most terrible description of hell, as a lake burning with fire and brimstone, Jer 19:20 21:8, recalls the fire and sea in which Sodom was consumed and swallowed up.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Lake
(, apool), a term used in the N.T. only of the Lake of Gennesareth (Luk 5:1-2; Luk 8:22-23; Luk 8:33), and of the burning sulphurous pool of Hades (Rev 19:20; Rev 20:10; Rev 20:14-15; Rev 21:8). The more usual word is sea (q.v.). The principal lakes of Palestine, besides the above Sea of Tiberias, are the Dead Sea and the Waters of Merom. See each in its place.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Lake
There are three lakes spoken of in Judea, namely, the Asphaltites, Tiberias, and Semechon. In the original we should read Bor as a lake, or pit, or cistern. In Palestine, we are told, they make lakes for their wines. That passage in the Revelations concerning the wine-press means a take. (Rev 14:19-20)
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Lake
lak (, lmne): The word is used (Luk 5:1, Luk 5:2; Luk 8:22, Luk 8:23, Luk 8:33) of the Lake of Gennesaret or Sea of Galilee, and (Rev 19:20; Rev 20:10, Rev 20:14, Rev 20:15; Rev 21:8) of the lake of fire and brimstone. Lakes are not abundant in Syria and Palestine. The Dead Sea, which might be called a lake, is in most places in English Versions of the Bible called the Salt Sea. It is called by the Arabs Bahr Lut, Sea of Lot. It is a question whether the Waters of Merom (Jos 11:5, Jos 11:7) can be identified with the Huleh, a marshy lake in the course of the Upper Jordan, North of the Sea of Galilee. East of Damascus on the edge of the desert there are saltish lakes in which the water of the rivers of Damascus (see 2Ki 5:12) is gathered and evaporates. In the Lebanon West of Baalbek is the small Lake Yammuneh, which is fed by copious springs, but whose water disappears in the latter part of the summer, being drained off by subterranean channels. The Lake of Hums on the Orontes is artificial, though ancient. On the lower Orontes is the Lake of Antioch.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Lake
“a lake,” is used (a) in the Gospels, only by Luke, of the Sea of Galilee, Luk 5:2; Luk 8:22-23, Luk 8:33, called Gennesaret in Luk 5:1 (Matthew and Mark use thalassa, “a sea”); (b) of the “lake” of fire, Rev 19:20; Rev 20:10, Rev 20:14-15; Rev 21:8.