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Genesis 1

Gen. 1:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
lights
ma'owr (Hebrew #3974)
also (in plural) feminine mpowrah {meh-o-raw'}; or morah {meh-o-raw'}; from 215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element): figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
KJV usage: bright, light.
Pronounce: maw-ore'
Origin: or maor {maw-ore'}
; the greater
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
light
ma'owr (Hebrew #3974)
also (in plural) feminine mpowrah {meh-o-raw'}; or morah {meh-o-raw'}; from 215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element): figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
KJV usage: bright, light.
Pronounce: maw-ore'
Origin: or maor {maw-ore'}
ρto rule
memshalah (Hebrew #4475)
rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler
KJV usage: dominion, government, power, to rule.
Pronounce: mem-shaw-law'
Origin: feminine of 4474
the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, and the lesser
qatan (Hebrew #6996)
from 6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: kaw-tawn'
Origin: or qaton {kaw-tone'}
light
ma'owr (Hebrew #3974)
also (in plural) feminine mpowrah {meh-o-raw'}; or morah {meh-o-raw'}; from 215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element): figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
KJV usage: bright, light.
Pronounce: maw-ore'
Origin: or maor {maw-ore'}
to rule
memshalah (Hebrew #4475)
rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler
KJV usage: dominion, government, power, to rule.
Pronounce: mem-shaw-law'
Origin: feminine of 4474
the night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
: he made the stars
kowkab (Hebrew #3556)
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV usage: star((-gazer)).
Pronounce: ko-kawb'
Origin: probably from the same as 3522 (in the sense of rolling) or 3554 (in the sense of blazing)
also.
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for the rule of the day

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Day,
God,
Light,
Night,
Star

Cross References

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to rule.
Heb. for the rule, etc.
Deut. 4:19• 19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. (Deut. 4:19)
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Josh. 10:12‑14• 12Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
 13And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
 14And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel. (Josh. 10:12‑14)
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Job 31:26• 26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; (Job 31:26)
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Job 38:7• 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? (Job 38:7)
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Psa. 8:3• 3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; (Psa. 8:3)
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Psa. 19:6• 6His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. (Psa. 19:6)
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Psa. 74:16• 16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. (Psa. 74:16)
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Psa. 136:7‑9• 7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 9The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:7‑9)
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Psa. 148:3,5• 3Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
 5Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. (Psa. 148:3,5)
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Isa. 13:10• 10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (Isa. 13:10)
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Isa. 24:23• 23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. (Isa. 24:23)
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Isa. 45:7• 7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. (Isa. 45:7)
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Hab. 3:11• 11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. (Hab. 3:11)
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Matt. 24:29• 29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (Matt. 24:29)
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Matt. 27:45• 45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. (Matt. 27:45)
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1 Cor. 15:41• 41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. (1 Cor. 15:41)
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Rev. 16:8‑9• 8And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
 9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. (Rev. 16:8‑9)
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Rev. 21:23• 23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. (Rev. 21:23)
he made the stars also.
Or, with the stars also.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God made the two great lightsd, the great lightd to rule the day, and the small lightd to rule the night,—and the stars.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "light-bearers."