ISLAND

Island. Island
(Heb. ‘i, “dry land,” as opposed to water) occurs in its usual signification (Isa. 42:4, 10, 12, 15, comp. Jer. 47:4), but more frequently simply denotes a maritime region or sea-coast (Isa. 20:6, R.V.,” coastland;” 23:2, 6; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:6, 7). (See CHITTIM.) The shores of the Mediterranean are called the “islands of the sea” (Isa. 11:11), or the “isles of the Gentiles” (Gen. 10:5), and sometimes simply “isles” (Ps. 72:10); Ezek. 26:15, 18; 27:3, 35; Dan. 11:18).

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ISLAND. → Prophecies concerning Ps 97:1; Isa 11:11; 41:1,5; 49:1; Zep 2:11; Re 16:20

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island|iland. Island, or Iland, n. a land surrounded by water, a large mass of floating ice

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Is″land (?), n. [[OE. iland, yland, AS. īgland, �gland, �glond; īg, �g, island + land, lond, land. AS. īg, �g, is akin to AS. eá water, river, OHG. �uwa, G. au meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ö, Goth. ahwa a stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with isle. Cf. Ait, Eyot, Ewer, Aquatic.]] 1. 1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.
2. 2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
3. 3. (Zoöl.) See Isle, n., 2.
Islands of the blessed (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.