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Genesis 1:1–2

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IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
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  1. John 1:1–3Rank 1 from verse 1
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    1IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2The same was in the beginning with God.

    3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

  2. Hebrews 11:3Rank 2 from verse 1
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    3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

  3. Isaiah 45:18Rank 3 from verse 1
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    18For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

  4. Revelation 4:11Rank 4 from verse 1
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    11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

  5. Hebrews 1:10Rank 5 from verse 1
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    10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

  6. Colossians 1:16–17Rank 6 from verse 1
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    16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

    17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

  7. Isaiah 42:5Rank 7 from verse 1
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    5¶ Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

  8. Exodus 20:11Rank 8 from verse 1
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    11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  9. Job 38:4Rank 9 from verse 1
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    4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

  10. Acts 17:24Rank 10 from verse 1
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    24God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

  11. 2 Peter 3:5Rank 11 from verse 1
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    5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

  12. Nehemiah 9:6Rank 12 from verse 1
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    6Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

  13. Isaiah 44:24Rank 13 from verse 1
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    24Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

  14. Jeremiah 32:17Rank 14 from verse 1
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    17Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

  15. Jeremiah 51:15Rank 15 from verse 1
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    15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

  16. Proverbs 3:19Rank 16 from verse 1
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    19The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

  17. Psalms 33:9Rank 17 from verse 1
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    9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

  18. Revelation 14:7Rank 18 from verse 1
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    7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

  19. Psalms 115:15Rank 19 from verse 1
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    15Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.

  20. Acts 14:15Rank 20 from verse 1
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    15And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

  21. Psalms 136:5Rank 21 from verse 1
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    5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

  22. Jeremiah 10:12Rank 22 from verse 1
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    12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

  23. Proverbs 8:22–30Rank 23 from verse 1
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    22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

    23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

    24When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

    25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

    26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

    27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

    28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

    29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

    30Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

  24. Psalms 8:3Rank 24 from verse 1
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    3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

  25. 1 Corinthians 8:6Rank 25 from verse 1
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    6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

  26. Psalms 102:25Rank 26 from verse 1
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    25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

  27. Psalms 124:8Rank 27 from verse 1
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    8Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

  28. Hebrews 3:4Rank 28 from verse 1
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    4For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

  29. Psalms 33:6Rank 29 from verse 1
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    6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

  30. Hebrews 1:2Rank 30 from verse 1
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    2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

  31. Isaiah 40:28Rank 31 from verse 1
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    28¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

  32. Proverbs 16:4Rank 32 from verse 1
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    4The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  33. Psalms 104:24Rank 33 from verse 1
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    24O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

  34. Psalms 121:2Rank 34 from verse 1
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    2My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

  35. Zechariah 12:1Rank 35 from verse 1
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    1THE burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

  36. Isaiah 37:16Rank 36 from verse 1
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    16O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

  37. Psalms 89:11–12Rank 37 from verse 1
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    11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

    12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

  38. Acts 4:24Rank 38 from verse 1
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    24And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

  39. Psalms 90:2Rank 39 from verse 1
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    2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

  40. Psalms 96:5Rank 40 from verse 1
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    5For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

  41. Revelation 10:6Rank 41 from verse 1
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    6And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

  42. Romans 11:36Rank 42 from verse 1
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    36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

  43. Isaiah 51:16Rank 43 from verse 1
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    16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

  44. Psalms 104:30Rank 44 from verse 1
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    30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

  45. Psalms 134:3Rank 45 from verse 1
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    3The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

  46. Psalms 146:6Rank 46 from verse 1
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    6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

  47. Revelation 22:13Rank 47 from verse 1
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    13I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

  48. 1 John 1:1Rank 48 from verse 1
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    1THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

  49. Isaiah 40:26Rank 49 from verse 1
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    26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

  50. Psalms 148:4–5Rank 50 from verse 1
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    4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

    5Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

  51. Romans 1:19–20Rank 51 from verse 1
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    19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

    20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

  52. 1 Chronicles 16:26Rank 52 from verse 1
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    26For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

  53. Mark 13:19Rank 53 from verse 1
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    19For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

  54. Revelation 21:6Rank 54 from verse 1
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    6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

  55. Isaiah 65:17Rank 55 from verse 1
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    17¶ For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

  56. Isaiah 51:13Rank 56 from verse 1
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    13And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

  57. Ephesians 3:9Rank 57 from verse 1
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    9And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

  58. Revelation 3:14Rank 58 from verse 1
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    14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

  59. Job 26:13Rank 59 from verse 1
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    13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

  60. Ecclesiastes 12:1Rank 60 from verse 1
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    1REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

  61. Matthew 11:25Rank 61 from verse 1
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    25¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

  62. Exodus 31:18Rank 62 from verse 1
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    18¶ And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

From verse 2

  1. Jeremiah 4:23Rank 1 from verse 2
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    23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

  2. Psalms 104:30Rank 2 from verse 2
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    30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

  3. Isaiah 45:18Rank 3 from verse 2
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    18For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

  4. Psalms 33:6Rank 4 from verse 2
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    6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

  5. Job 26:7Rank 5 from verse 2
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    7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

  6. Isaiah 40:12–14Rank 6 from verse 2
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    12¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

    13Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counseller hath taught him?

    14With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

  7. Job 26:14Rank 7 from verse 2
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    14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

  8. Nahum 2:10Rank 8 from verse 2
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    10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

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Genesis 1:1

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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created

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Past-tense or past-participial form of create. Sense 1: Caused to exist, made, or formed. Sense 2: Brought into a new state or character.

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heaven

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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 1:2

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

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void

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Empty, unfilled, unoccupied, lacking something, invalid, cancelled, or without effect.

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darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

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deep

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Sense 1: Great in depth, or a place far beneath the surface. Sense 2: The sea, an abyss of waters, or deep waters. Sense 3: Profound, hidden, or difficult to reach or understand.

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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moved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of move, meaning to change place; to stir, shake, prompt, influence, or set in action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1:1IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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1:2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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.

1:7And 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.

1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

1:9¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

1:10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

1:11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

1:12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

1:13And the evening and the morning were the third day.

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:

1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

1:16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

1:19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

1:20And 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.

1:21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

1:22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

1:23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

1:24¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

1:25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

1:26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

1:29¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

1:30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

2:1THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2:2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

2:3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

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