H7549 רָקִיעַ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 17 KJV occurrences
רָקִיעַ
râqîyaʻ · raw-kee'-ah
Definition
properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
KJV Renderings
firmament.
Derivation / Etymology
from H7554 (רָקַע);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 17)
- Genesis 1:6¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Genesis 1:7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
- Genesis 1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
- Psalms 150:1Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
- Ezekiel 1:23And under the firmament 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.
- Ezekiel 1:26¶ And above the firmament 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 the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.