STRONGS H7549:
Abbreviations
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רָקִיעַ noun masculineGenesis 1:6 extended surface, (solid)
expanse (as if
beaten out; compare
Job 37:18); — absolute
ר׳ Ezekiel 1:22 +, construct
רְ׳ Genesis 1:14 +; —
στερέωμα,
firmamentum, compare Syriac below √above; —
1. (flat)
expanse (as if of ice, compare
כְּעֵין הַקֶּרַח), as base, support (Wkl
Altor. Forsch. iv. 347)
Ezekiel 1:22, 23, 25(gloss ? compare Co Toy),
Ezekiel 1:26 (supporting
י׳'s throne). Hence (Co
Ezekiel 1:22)
2. the vault of heaven, or 'firmament,' regarded by Hebrews as solid, and supporting 'waters' above it,
Genesis 1:6, 7 (
3 times in verse);
Genesis 1:8 (called
שָׁמַיַם; all P),
Psalm 19:2 (||
הַשָּׁמַיַם),
זֹהַר הָר׳ Daniel 12:3; also
ר׳ הַשָּׁמִיִם Genesis 1:14, 15, 17,
הַשּׁ׳ עַלמְּֿנֵי ר׳ Genesis 1:20 (all P).
**רְקִיעַ עֻזּוֺ Psalm 150:1 (suffix reference to
י׳).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 1:14; 1:14; 1:15; 1:17; 1:20
Job
37:18
Psalms
19:2; 150:1
Ezekiel
1:22; 1:22; 1:22; 1:23; 1:25; 1:26
Daniel
12:3
