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is the rendering in the A.V. of three Heb. and two Greek words.
1. çåֹ , choph (so called from being chafed by the waves [Gesen.], or enclosed [Furst]; comp. Engl. cove, and the modern town Chaifa), a roadstead (Jdg_5:17; Jer_47:7; “coast” in Jos_9:1; Eze_25:10; “haven” in Gen_49:13; “side” in Deu_1:7); áἰãéáëüò , a beach (Mat_13:2; Mat_13:48; Joh_21:4; Act_21:5; Act_27:39-40).
2. ÷ָöֶä , katseh, the extremity of the land (Jos_15:2; elsewhere “brim,” “brink,” etc.).
3. ùָׂôָä , saphah, a lip (as often, sometimes “brink,” “bank,” etc.); ÷åῖëïò , the lip (as usually, “shore” only in Heb_11:12). SEE SEA.