δῐ-θάλασσος G1337
between two seas; situated where two seas meet, forming a sandbar or reef
This adjective describes a place 'between two seas' or where currents from two seas meet. Acts 27:41 describes Paul's ship running aground on a 'place between two seas'—likely a sandbar or reef formed where currents converge. Classical usage described the Euxine or Atlantic as divided, or shallows where seas meet. The geographical feature of converging waters is the core concept.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A place between two seas or where two bodies of water meet, typically forming a sandbar, reef, or shoal. The shipwreck site in Acts 27:41 was such a location—'a place between two seas' where converging currents had formed a sandbar on which the ship struck and broke apart. This geographical feature, dangerous to navigation, proved the site of Paul's Malta shipwreck. 1×
AR["بَيْنَ-بَحْرَيْنِ"]·ben["দুই-সমুদ্রের"]·DE["διθάλασσον"]·EN["between-two-seas"]·FR["deux-mers"]·heb["שְׁנֵי-יַמִּים"]·HI["दोसमुद्रोंकी"]·ID["dua-laut,"]·IT["doppio-mare"]·jav["kalih-seganten,"]·KO["양쪽-바다-의"]·PT["de-dois-mares,"]·RU["двухморное"]·ES["de-dos-mares"]·SW["yenye-bahari-pande-mbili"]·TR["çift-denizli"]·urd["دو-سمندری"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
δῐ-θάλασσος, Attic dialect διθάλαττος [θᾰ], ον, divided into two seas, of the Euxine, Refs 1st c.BC+; of the Atlantic, Refs 1st c.BC+ __II between two seas, where two seas meet, as is often the case off a headland, NT; βραχέα καὶ διθάλαττα shallows and meetings of currents, in the Syrtes, Refs 1st c.AD+