SHORE

shor:

(1) choph, always of the Mediterranean, variously translated "haven," "beach," "shore," "sea-shore," "coast," "sea coast" (Genesis 49:13 Deuteronomy 1:7 Joshua 9:1 Judges 5:17 Jeremiah 47:7 Ezekiel 25:16).

(2) saphah, literally, "lip"; compare Arabic shafat, "lip"; of the sand upon the seashore, a figure of multitude (Genesis 22:17 Exodus 14:30 Joshua 11:4 Judges 7:12 1 Samuel 13:5 1 Kings 4:29); the shore of the Red Sea or Gulf of `Aqabah by Ezion-geber (1 Kings 9:26 2 Chronicles 8:17); the brink of the River Nile (Genesis 41:3, 17); the edge (the King James Version "brink") of the valley of Arnon (Deuteronomy 2:36).

(3) qatseh, literally, "end," "extremity," the uttermost part (the King James Version "shore") of the Salt Sea (Joshua 15:2); qetsh ha-'arets, "the end of the earth" (Psalm 46:9); compare Arabic 'aqaci-l-'ard, "the uttermost parts of the earth."

(4) cheilos, literally, "lip," "as the sand which is by the seashore" (Hebrews 11:12).

(5) aigialos, the beach (the King James Version "shore") of the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 13:2, 48 John 21:4); of the Mediterranean (Acts 21:5; Acts 27:39, 40).

(6) asson parelegonto ten Kreten, doubtful reading, "sailed along Crete, close in shore" (the King James Version "sailed along by Crete") (Acts 27:13).

See COAST; HAVEN; SAND.

Alfred Ely Day