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firmament

Meaning of “firmament”

An expanse spread out above.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
17 occurrences15 verses4 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:6

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Genesis 1:6
¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:6 · retained source text

¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Expansion.

1611 marginal notePsal. 136.5. ier. 10.12 and 51.15.

Genesis 1:7
And 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.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 1:7 · retained source text

And God made the firmament; and diuided the waters, which were vnder the firmament, from the waters, which were aboue the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:8 · retained source text

And God called the firmament, Heauen: and the euening and the morning were the second day.

1611 marginal noteIer. 51.15.

Genesis 1:14
¶ And 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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:14 · retained source text

¶ And God said, Let there bee lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.

1611 marginal noteHebr. betweene the day and betweene the night.

1611 marginal noteDeu. 4.19 psal. 136.7.

Genesis 1:15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 1:15 · retained source text

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:20 · retained source text

And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the mouing creature that hath life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the open firmament of heauen.

1611 marginal noteOr, creeping.

1611 marginal noteHeb. soule.

1611 marginal noteHeb. face of the firmament of heauen.

1611 marginal note4.Esdr. 6.47.

Psalms 19:1
THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 19:1 · retained source text

¶ The heauens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy worke.

Psalms 150:1
PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 150:1 · retained source text

¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his Sanctuarie: Praise him in the firmament of his power.

1611 marginal noteHalleluiah.

Ezekiel 1:22
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:22 · retained source text

And the likenesse of the firmament vpon the heads of the liuing creature was as the colour of the terrible chrystall, stretched foorth ouer their heads aboue.

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