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Genesis 1

Gen. 1:5 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
called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
the 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
g 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 darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
he called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
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}
. ηAnd the evening
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
and the morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
were the first
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
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
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Psa. 74:16• 16The day is thine, the night also is thine; *thou* hast prepared the moon and the sun: (Psa. 74:16)
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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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and the evening was and the morning was.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Day, and.
Gen. 8:22• 22Henceforth, all the days of the earth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. (Gen. 8:22)
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Psa. 19:2• 2Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. (Psa. 19:2)
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Psa. 74:16• 16The day is thine, the night also is thine; *thou* hast prepared the moon and the sun: (Psa. 74:16)
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Psa. 104:20• 20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth: (Psa. 104:20)
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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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Jer. 33:20• 20Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant in respect of the day, and my covenant in respect of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season, (Jer. 33:20)
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1 Cor. 3:13• 13the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire shall try the work of each what it is. (1 Cor. 3:13)
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Eph. 5:13• 13But all things having their true character exposed by the light are made manifest; for that which makes everything manifest is light. (Eph. 5:13)
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1 Thess. 5:5• 5for all *ye* are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness. (1 Thess. 5:5)
And the evening and the morning were.
Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was.
Gen. 1:8,13,19,23,31• 8And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning--a second day.
 13And there was evening, and there was morning--a third day.
 19And there was evening, and there was morning--a fourth day.
 23And there was evening, and there was morning--a fifth day.
 31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day. (Gen. 1:8,13,19,23,31)
• The Scripture phrase, evening first and morning last, is designed and inspired. Man fell. Spiritual darkness intervened. Spiritual ruin took place. The Spirit of God moves. Light enters the soul of man. "The darkness is past, and the true light now shineth" (1 John 2:8). Not only is this true in the broad sense of the word, but true in the history of numberless individuals. And if it is a question of the course of this world for the Christian, we read:- "The night is far spent, the day is at hand " (Rom. 13:12). Spiritually whether with the individual or the world, it is evening and then morning (“And the Evening and the Morning Were the First Day: Genesis 1:5” by A.J. Pollock)
• No one can fairly deny that scripture, like other speech, uses “day” where required in a general or figurative sense, which may cover a period of considerable length...as ever, the context gives the clue. In this chapter and the next we have the word variously applied according to the exigency of the case; in none ought it to be doubtful. Here “the evening” and “the morning” should exclude just question. It can only mean, thus defined, a day of twenty-four hours. (“Genesis 1:3-5” by W. Kelly)
• There is no real reason to doubt, but plain and positive scripture to believe, that the work done on the several six days was not of long ages, but really within the compass of the literal evening and morning. How unnatural to suppose an age for light to act on the first day! And why suppose otherwise on the second day or any other? (“Genesis:1:6-8” by W. Kelly)
• The six days set forth the peculiar constitution God was pleased to establish for the existing or human world. (“Genesis 1:9-13” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning—the first dayc.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "one day."

W. Kelly Translation

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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, onea day.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, first.