Genesis 1:5
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
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...
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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...
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
בֹּקֶר
bôqer
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →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 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →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 associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →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 associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
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