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Lexicon :: Strong's H7549 - rāqîaʿ

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רָקִיעַ
Transliteration
rāqîaʿ
Pronunciation
raw-kee'-ah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2217a

Strong’s Definitions

רָקִיעַ râqîyaʻ, raw-kee'-ah; from H7554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky:—firmament.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H7549 in the following manner: firmament (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H7549 in the following manner: firmament (17x).

  1. extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament

    1. expanse (flat as base, support)

    2. firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above)

      1. considered by Hebrews as solid and supporting 'waters' above

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָקִיעַ râqîyaʻ, raw-kee'-ah; from H7554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky:—firmament.
STRONGS H7549: Abbreviations
† רָקִיעַ noun masculineGenesis 1:6 extended surface, (solid) expanse (as if beaten out; compare Job 37:18); — absolute ר׳ Ezekiel 1:22 +, construct רְ׳ Genesis 1:14 +; — Greek Version of the LXX στερέωμα, Vulgate firmamentum, compare Syriac below √above; —
1. (flat) expanse (as if of ice, compare כְּעֵין הַקֶּרַח), as base, support (WklAltor. Forsch. iv. 347) Ezekiel 1:22, 23, 25(gloss ? compare Co Toy), Ezekiel 1:26 (supporting י׳'s throne). Hence (CoEzekiel 1:22)
2. the vault of heaven, or 'firmament,' regarded by Hebrews as solid, and supporting 'waters' above it, Genesis 1:6, 7 (3 times in verse); Genesis 1:8 (called שָׁמַיַם; all P), Psalm 19:2 [Psalm 19:1] (|| הַשָּׁמַיַם), זֹהַר הָר׳ Daniel 12:3; also ר׳ הַשָּׁמִיִם Genesis 1:14, 15, 17, הַשּׁ׳ עַלמְּֿנֵי ר׳ Genesis 1:20 (all P). **רְקִיעַ עֻזּוֺ Psalm 150:1 (suffix reference to י׳).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 1:14; 1:14; 1:15; 1:17; 1:20

Job

37:18

Psalms

19:1; 150:1

Ezekiel

1:22; 1:22; 1:22; 1:23; 1:25; 1:26

Daniel

12:3

H7549

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7549 matches the Hebrew רָקִיעַ (rāqîaʿ),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6 - And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a division between waters and waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7 - And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 - And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15 - and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17 - And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1 - {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse sheweth the work of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1 - Hallelujah! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - And there was the likeness of an expanse over the heads of the living creature, as the look of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - And under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side their bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - and there was a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - And above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - And I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever.
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