Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 1:17 - Over
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 |
set | H5414 | נָתַן |
[Verb] to {give} used with great latitude of application ({put } {make } etc.) |
them 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) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.