# H7549 רָקִיעַ

רָקִיעַ (râqîyaʻ), Strong’s H7549: properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky KJV: firmament.. Occurs 17 times.

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*râqîyaʻ* — properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky

KJV: firmament.

Derived from [רָקַע râqaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H7554) (to pound the earth)

Occurs 17 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=8) — God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- [Genesis 1:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=17) — God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light to the earth,
- [Genesis 1:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/1?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/1?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/1?v=25) — There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.