Genesis 1:8 KJV
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Old Words
- firmament the expanse of the sky
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Scofield Notes
- firmamenti.e. the expanse above, the "heaven" of the clouds. Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2.
Matthew Henry
- God separates the earth from the waters, and makes it fruitfulThe earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are...
Cross References
- Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible4004 BC · The Creation
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Strong’s Numbers
- And God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
- called קָרָא qârâʼ
- the firmament רָקִיעַ râqîyaʻ
- Heaven שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
- And the evening עֶרֶב ʻereb
- and the morning בֹּקֶר bôqer
- were the second שֵׁנִי shênîy
- day יוֹם yôwm
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