Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 1:14 - Third
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] 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 superlative |
said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
Let there be | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
lights | H3974 | מָאוֹר |
[Noun Masculine] properly a luminous body or {luminary} that {is} (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively {brightness} that {is} cheerfulness; specifically a chandelier |
in the firmament | H7549 | רָקִיעַ |
[Noun Masculine] properly an {expanse} that {is} the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky |
of the heaven | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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) |
to divide | H914 | בָּדַל |
[Verb] to divide (in various senses literally or {figuratively} separate: {distinguish} differ: {select} etc.) |
the day | H3117 | יוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
from | H996 | בֵּין |
[Masculine] properly the constructively contracted form of an otherwise unused noun from H995; a distinction; but used only as a {preposition} between (repeated before each {noun} often with other particles); also as a {conjugation} either ... or |
the night | H3915 | לַיִל |
[Noun Masculine] properly a twist (away of the {light}) that {is} night; figuratively adversity |
and let them be | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
for signs | H226 | אוֹת |
[Noun Feminine] a signal (literally or {figuratively}) as a {flag} beacon: {monument} omen: {prodigy} {evidence } etc. |
and for seasons | H4150 | מוֹעֵד |
[Noun Masculine] properly an {appointment} that {is} a fixed time or season; specifically a festival; conventionally a year; by {implication} an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by {extension} the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand) |
and for days | H3117 | יוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
and years | H8141 | שָׁנֶה |
[Noun Feminine] from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.