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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 saith, 'Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7 - And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which are under the expanse, and the waters which are above the expanse: and it is so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - And God calleth to the expanse 'Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 - And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15 - and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17 - and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - And God saith, 'Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. The heavens are recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse is declaring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1 - Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - And a likeness is over the heads of the living creatures of an expanse, as the colour of the fearful ice, stretched out over their heads from above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - And under the expanse their wings are straight, one toward the other, to each are two covering on this side, and to each are two covering on that side -- their bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And there is a voice from above the expanse, that is above their head: in their standing they let fall their wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - And above the expanse that is over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, is the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - And I look, and lo, on the expanse that is above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.
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