Genesis 8:2
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַעְיָן
maʻyân
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
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...
סָתַם
çâtham
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
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...
בָּצַר
bâtsar
to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּצַר bâtsar
to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
Study H1219 →מַעְיָן maʻyân
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
Study H4599 →סָתַם çâtham
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
Study H5640 →תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Study H8415 →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 →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 →Cross References
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
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