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Genesis 1

Gen. 1:6 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
h, Let there be a θfirmament
raqiya` (Hebrew #7549)
properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
KJV usage: firmament.
Pronounce: raw-kee'-ah
Origin: from 7554
in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
of the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, and let it divide
badal (Hebrew #914)
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
KJV usage: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), X utterly.
Pronounce: baw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
from the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
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Job 37:18• 18Dost thou with him spread out the sky,{HR}Firm as a molten mirror? (Job 37:18)
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expansion.

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Cross References

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Gen. 1:14,20• 14And God said, Let there be light-bearers in [the] expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and between the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;
 20And God said, Let the waters swarm a swarm of living creatures , and let birds fly above the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens. (Gen. 1:14,20)
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Gen. 7:11‑12• 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, and the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were broken up all the fountains of the great deep, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
 12And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. (Gen. 7:11‑12)
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Job 26:7‑8,13• 7He spreadeth the north over the void,{HR}He hangeth the earth upon nothing.
 8He bindeth up waters in his thick clouds,{HR}And the cloud is not rent under them.
 13By his Spirit the heavens are brightness,{HR}His hand pierceth the fleeing serpent. (Job 26:7‑8,13)
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Job 37:11,18• 11And he loadeth with moisture the cloud,{HR}He scattereth the cloud of his light,
 18Dost thou with him spread out the sky,{HR}Firm as a molten mirror? (Job 37:11,18)
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Job 38:22‑26• 22Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow,{HR}Or hast thou seen the storehouses of the hail,
 23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,{HR}Against the day of battle and war?
 24Where is the way the light is distributed,{HR}The east wind is dispersed over the earth?
 25Who divideth watercourses for the torrents,{HR}Or a way for the lightning of thunder,
 26To cause it to rain on the land [where is] no man.{HR}The wilderness wherein [is] no man, (Job 38:22‑26)
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Psa. 19:1• 1To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}The heavens [are] telling the glory of God,{HR}And the expanse [is] showing the work of his hands. (Psa. 19:1)
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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. 104:2• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains; (Psa. 104:2)
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Psa. 136:5‑6• 5To him that by understanding made the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 6To him that spread the earth upon the waters;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:5‑6)
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Psa. 148:4• 4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens,{HR}And ye waters that [are] above the heavens. (Psa. 148:4)
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Psa. 150:1• 1Praise ye Jah,{HR}Praise God in his sanctuary,{HR}Praise him in the expanse of his power. (Psa. 150:1)
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Eccl. 11:3• 3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth;{HR}And if the tree fall toward the north and toward the south,{HR}In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. (Eccl. 11:3)
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Jer. 10:10,12‑13• 10{i}But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.{/i}
 12{i}He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.{/i}
 13{i}When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.{/i} (Jer. 10:10,12‑13)
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Jer. 51:15• 15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. (Jer. 51:15)
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Zech. 12:1• 1The burden of the word of Jehovah for Israel, saith Jehovah, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. (Zech. 12:1)
firmament.
Heb. expansion.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.

W. Kelly Translation

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And God said, Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and dividing be between waters and waters.