H7549 רָקִיעַ
râqîyaʻ — properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
KJV: firmament.
Derived from רָקַע râqaʻ (to pound the earth)
Occurs 17 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- רָקִיעַ n.m. extended surface, (solid) expanse
- 1 (flat) expanse
- 2 the vault of heaven, or ‘firmament,’ regarded by Hebrews as solid, and supporting ‘waters’ above it
Where it occurs
- Genesis 1:6 — God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
- Genesis 1:7 — God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse…
- Genesis 1:8 — God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- Genesis 1:14 — God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to…
- Genesis 1:15 — and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth;” and it was so.
- Genesis 1:17 — God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
- Genesis 1:20 — God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the…
- Ezekiel 1:22 — Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like an awesome crystal to look at…
- Ezekiel 1:23 — Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and…
- Ezekiel 1:25 — There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.