Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 1:15 - Be
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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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 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 give light | H215 | אוֹר |
[Verb] to be (causatively make) luminous (literally and metaphorically) |
upon | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
and it was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
so | H3651 | כֵּן |
[Adverb] properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to {manner} time and relation; often with other particles) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.