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Lexicon :: Strong's H7549 - rāqîaʿ

Aa
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 BoxGen 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6 - And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7 - And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:8 - And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 - And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17 - And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1 - <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:1 - Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place: give him praise in the heaven of his power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.
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