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Genesis 1

Gen. 1:9 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
l, Let 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)
under the heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
be gathered together
qavah (Hebrew #6960)
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Pronounce: kaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
unto
'el (Hebrew #413)
a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to
KJV usage: about, according to ,after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, X hath, in(- to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
Pronounce: ale
Origin: (but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el})
one
'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
place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
, and let the dry
yabbashah (Hebrew #3004)
dry ground
KJV usage: dry (ground, land).
Pronounce: yab-baw-shaw'
Origin: from 3001
land appear
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
: and it was so.
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Job 38:8• 8And [who] shut up the sea with doors,{HR}When it burst forth — came out of the womb, (Job 38:8)

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Job 26:7,10• 7He spreadeth the north over the void,{HR}He hangeth the earth upon nothing.
 10He hath placed a bound on the face of the waters,{HR}Up to the limits of light and darkness. (Job 26:7,10)
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Job 38:8‑11• 8And [who] shut up the sea with doors,{HR}When it burst forth — came out of the womb,
 9When I made the cloud its garment,{HR}And thick darkness its swaddling-band,
 10And broke for it my law, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther,{HR}And here let one set against the pride of thy waves? (Job 38:8‑11)
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Psa. 24:1‑2• 1A Psalm of David.{HR}To Jehovah [belongeth] the earth and its fullness,{HR}The world and those who dwell in it.
 2For he hath founded it upon the seas,{HR}And upon the rivers he establisheth it. (Psa. 24:1‑2)
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Psa. 33:7• 7Gathering together as a heap the waters of the sea,{HR}Putting the depths in storehouses. (Psa. 33:7)
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Psa. 95:5• 5Whose [is] the sea, and he made it;{HR}And his hands formed the dry [land]. (Psa. 95:5)
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Psa. 104:3,5‑9• 3Who frameth his chambers in the waters,{HR}Who maketh clouds his chariot (vehicle),{HR}Who walketh on wings of wind;
 5He founded earth on its bases:{HR}It shall not be removed ever and ever.
 6With the deep as the garment thou didst cover it;{HR}Upon the mountains stood waters;
 7At thy rebuke they fled,{HR}At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
 8Mountains rose, valleys sank,{HR}Unto this place thou hast founded for them:
 9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass,{HR}That they return not to cover the earth. (Psa. 104:3,5‑9)
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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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Prov. 8:28‑29• 28When he established the skies above;{HR}When the fountains of the deep became strong;
 29When he imposed on the sea his decree,{HR}That the waters should not pass his commandment;{HR}When he appointed the foundations of the earth: (Prov. 8:28‑29)
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Eccl. 1:7• 7All the rivers go to the sea, yet the sea is not full;{HR}Unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again. (Eccl. 1:7)
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Jer. 5:22• 22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Jer. 5:22)
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Jonah 1:9• 9And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. (Jonah 1:9)
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2 Peter 3:5• 5For this escapeth their notice willingly, that by the word of God heavens were of old, and an earth having its subsistence out of water and through water; (2 Peter 3:5)
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Rev. 10:6• 6and sware by him that liveth unto the ages of the ages, who created the heaven and the things therein, and the earth and the things therein, and the sea and the things therein, that there should be no more space, (Rev. 10:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so.

W. Kelly Translation

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And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry [land] appear. And it was so.