Genesis 1:16
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
מָאוֹר
mâʼôwr
properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
קָטָן
qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
כּוֹכָב
kôwkâb
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
Key Terms in This Verse
קָטָן qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Study H6996 →מָאוֹר mâʼôwr
properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
Study H3974 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD...
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;...
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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