Genesis 1:17
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,"
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...
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
רָקִיעַ
râqîyaʻ
properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָקִיעַ râqîyaʻ
properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
Study H7549 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
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