Islands

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

. Properly, islands are lands surrounded by water on every side. Scripture sometimes speaks of them generally (Esth. 10:1; Isa. 13; Rev. 6:14). First Maccabees mentions the islands of the sea, that is, the Mediterranean (6:29; 15:23). Sometimes “islands” denotes coastal lands, such as those of the Philistines and Phoenicians (Isa. 23:2–6), or the Greek islands (Ezek. 27:7, 15). Individual islands are treated under their own names.

Scripture cited

Esther 10:1 Revelation 6:14 Esaias 23:2 Jezekiel 27:7

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