Expanse
רָקִיעַStrong’s H7549raqia (ra-qi-a)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Raqia is the Hebrew word usually translated “firmament”, “firmament of” and “expanse”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
Meaning
- Extended surface (solid), expanse, firmamentexpanse (flat as base, support) · firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above)
How it's translated
- the firmament 5
- in firmament of 4
- the expanse 4
- a firmament 1
- to the firmament 1
- firmament of 1
- an expanse 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 7
- Ezekiel 5
- Psalms 2
- Daniel 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Genesis 1:7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
- Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
- Genesis 1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
- Genesis 1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Hebrew dictionary
רָקִיעַ raqia · expanse
1) extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament 1a) expanse (flat as base, support) 1b) firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above) 1b1) considered by Hebrews as solid and supporting 'waters' above
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “expanse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXPANSE, noun
expans'. [Latin expansum.] A spreading; extend; a wide extent of space or body; as the expanse of heave.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.