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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;{HR}He commanded and it stood. (Psa. 33:9)
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Matt. 8:3• 3{i}And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.{/i} (Matt. 8:3)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination 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 out of [the] dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:14)

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Psa. 33:6,9• 6By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made,{HR}And all their host by the breath of his mouth;
 9For he spake and it was;{HR}He commanded and it stood. (Psa. 33:6,9)
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Psa. 148:5• 5Let them praise the name of Jehovah,{HR}For he commanded, and they were created; (Psa. 148:5)
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Matt. 8:3• 3{i}And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.{/i} (Matt. 8:3)
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John 11:43• 43And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. (John 11:43)
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Job 36:30• 30Lo! He hath spread over it his light,{HR}And hath covered the depths of the sea. (Job 36:30)
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Job 38:19• 19What [is] the way the light dwelleth,{HR}And darkness, where [is] its place, (Job 38:19)
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Psa. 97:11• 11Light [is] sown for the righteous one,{HR}And gladness for the upright in heart. (Psa. 97:11)
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Psa. 104:2• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains; (Psa. 104:2)
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Psa. 118:27• 27Jehovah [is] God and hath given us light:{HR}Bind the sacrifice (feast) with cords up to the altar's horns. (Psa. 118:27)
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Isa. 45:7• 7forming the light, and creating darkness; making peace, and creating evil: I Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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.
 9The true light was that which, coming into the world ., lighteth every man (John 1:5,9)
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John 3:19• 19And this is the judgment, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. (John 3:19)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination 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 once darkness but now [are] light in the Lord: walk as children of light
 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise out of [the] dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:8,14)
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1 Tim. 6:16• 16who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom none of men saw nor can see; to whom [be] honour and might eternal. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)
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1 John 1:5• 5And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce to 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 to you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing, and the true light already 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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And God said, Light be: and light was.