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Genesis 1:6
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Genesis 1:6
6¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
6¶ And God said, *Let there be a †firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.
- Hebr. Expansion.
- Psal. 136.5. ier. 10.12 and 51.15.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 1:6
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The expanse of heaven or sky described in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
The middle or central part; the position among or surrounded by others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
To part or separate an entire thing; to part a thing into two or more pieces. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition or by an imaginary line or limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study15He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
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Open the full verse study18Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
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Open the full verse study6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
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Open the full verse study7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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Open the full verse study12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
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Open the full verse study2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
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Open the full verse study4Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
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Open the full verse study5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Open the full verse study9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
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Open the full verse study1THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
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Open the full verse study1THE 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.
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Open the full verse study20And 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.
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Open the full verse study1PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
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Open the full verse study11¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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Open the full verse study13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
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Open the full verse study11Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
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Open the full verse study3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
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Open the full verse study14¶ 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:
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Open the full verse study22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
24By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
26To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
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Open the full verse study10But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
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