Genesis 1:3

Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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there be

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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and there was

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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Key Terms in This Verse

light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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Let H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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said H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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God H430

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...

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 4:6 cross-reference

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

John 1:5 cross-reference

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Isaiah 45:7 cross-reference

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Isaiah 60:19 cross-reference

The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

Ephesians 5:8 cross-reference

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

John 3:19 cross-reference

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Psalm 97:11 cross-reference

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

John 1:9 cross-reference

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Psalm 33:6 cross-reference

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 148:5 cross-reference

Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

Psalm 33:9 cross-reference

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Ephesians 5:14 cross-reference

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Psalm 104:2 cross-reference

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

Job 38:19 cross-reference

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

1 Timothy 6:16 cross-reference

Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

Psalm 118:27 cross-reference

God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Job 36:30 cross-reference

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

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