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Genesis 1

Gen. 1:3 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
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
e, Let there be
hayah (Hebrew #1961)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
KJV usage: beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
Pronounce: haw-yaw
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1933)
light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
f: and there was light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
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Psa. 33:9• 9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:9)
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Matt. 8:3• 3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (Matt. 8:3)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)
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Eph. 5:14• 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (Eph. 5:14)

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Psa. 33:6,9• 6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
 9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:6,9)
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Psa. 148:5• 5Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. (Psa. 148:5)
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Matt. 8:3• 3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (Matt. 8:3)
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John 11:43• 43And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. (John 11:43)
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Job 36:30• 30Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. (Job 36:30)
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Job 38:19• 19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, (Job 38:19)
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Psa. 97:11• 11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. (Psa. 97:11)
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Psa. 104:2• 2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: (Psa. 104:2)
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Psa. 118:27• 27God is the Lord, which hath showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. (Psa. 118:27)
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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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Isa. 60:19• 19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. (Isa. 60:19)
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John 1:5,9• 5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
 9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. (John 1:5,9)
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John 3:19• 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (John 3:19)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)
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Eph. 5:8,14• 8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (Eph. 5:8,14)
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1 Tim. 6:16• 16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)
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1 John 1:5• 5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5)
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1 John 2:8• 8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. (1 John 2:8)
• The first four days, God brings light and order out of darkness and confusion: light, the first day; the expanse as a scene of heavenly power over the earth, the second day; then He divided what was formed and orderly, on the one hand, from the moving powerful but shapeless mass of waters, on the other, and then ornamented the ordered habitable scene with beauty and fruitfulness on the third. The symbols of directing power were set visibly in their places on the fourth. (“Genesis 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.