Go
Articles on

Genesis 8

Gen. 8:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
2
The fountains
ma`yan (Hebrew #4599)
or (feminine) ma yanah {mah-yaw-naw'}; from 5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
KJV usage: fountain, spring, well.
Pronounce: mah-yawn'
Origin: or ma ynow (Psa. 114:8) {mah-yen-o'}
q also of the deep
thowm (Hebrew #8415)
(usually feminine) from 1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)
KJV usage: deep (place), depth.
Pronounce: teh-home'
Origin: or thom {teh-home'}
and the windows
'arubbah (Hebrew #699)
a lattice; (by implication) a window, dove-cot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
KJV usage: chimney, window.
Pronounce: ar-oob-baw'
Origin: feminine participle passive of 693 (as if for lurking)
r of 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'}
were stopped
caker (Hebrew #5534)
to shut up; by implication, to surrender
KJV usage: stop, give over. See also 5462, 7936.
Pronounce: saw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the rain
geshem (Hebrew #1653)
a shower
KJV usage: rain, shower.
Pronounce: gheh'-shem
Origin: from 1652
from 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'}
was restrained
kala' (Hebrew #3607)
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
KJV usage: finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
;
q
Prov. 8:28• 28when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong; (Prov. 8:28)
r
Job 38:37• 37Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens, (Job 38:37)
;
Matt. 8:27• 27But the men were astonished, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him? (Matt. 8:27)

More on:

+
Fountain,
Heaven,
Rain,
The Deep,
Window

Cross References

+
fountains.
Gen. 7:11• 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (Gen. 7:11)
;
Prov. 8:28• 28when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong; (Prov. 8:28)
;
Jonah 2:3• 3For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me. (Jonah 2:3)
the rain.
Job 37:11‑13• 11Also with plentiful moisture he loadeth the thick clouds, his light dispels the cloud;
 12And they are turned every way by his guidance, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the circuit of the earth,
 13Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy. (Job 37:11‑13)
;
Job 38:37• 37Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens, (Job 38:37)
;
Matt. 8:9,26‑27• 9For *I* also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.
 26And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
 27But the men were astonished, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him? (Matt. 8:9,26‑27)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
2
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were closed, and the pour of rain from heaven was stopped.