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Genesis 8

Gen. 8:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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
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Prov. 8:28• 28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: (Prov. 8:28)
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Job 38:37• 37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, (Job 38:37)
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Matt. 8:27• 27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! (Matt. 8:27)

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Fountain,
Heaven,
Rain,
The Deep,
Window

Cross References

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fountains.
Gen. 7:11• 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (Gen. 7:11)
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Prov. 8:28• 28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: (Prov. 8:28)
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Jonah 2:3• 3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. (Jonah 2:3)
the rain.
Job 37:11‑13• 11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
 12And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
 13He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. (Job 37:11‑13)
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Job 38:37• 37Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, (Job 38:37)
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Matt. 8:9,26‑27• 9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
 26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
 27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! (Matt. 8:9,26‑27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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