Genesis 2:1
THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
¶ Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the hoste of them.
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- Exodus 31:17Rank 1 from verse 1
17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
17It is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer: for * in sixe dayes the LORD made heauen and earth, and on the seuenth day he rested, and was refreshed.
- Exodus 20:11Rank 2 from verse 1
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.
11For * in sixe dayes the LORD made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and halowed it.
- Psalms 33:6Rank 3 from verse 1
- Genesis 1:1Rank 4 from verse 1
- Isaiah 45:18Rank 5 from verse 1
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.
18For thus saith the LORD that created the heauens, God himselfe that formed the earth and made it, hee hath established it, he created it not in vaine, he formed it to be inhabited, I am the LORD, and there is none else.
- 2 Kings 19:15Rank 6 from verse 1
15And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the Cherubims, thou art the God, euen thou alone, of all the kingdomes of the earth, thou hast made heauen and earth.
- Isaiah 42:5Rank 7 from verse 1
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:
5¶ Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heauens, and stretched them out, he that spread foorth the earth and that which commeth out of it, he that giueth breath vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein:
- Isaiah 45:12Rank 8 from verse 1
- Psalms 146:6Rank 9 from verse 1
- 2 Chronicles 2:12Rank 10 from verse 1
12Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.
12Huram said moreouer, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel that made heauen and earth, who hath giuen to Dauid the King a wise sonne, †indued with prudence and vnderstanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdome.
- Isaiah 40:26–28Rank 11 from verse 1
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.
27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
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.
26Lift vp 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 greatnesse of his might, for that hee is strong in power, not one faileth.
27Why sayest thou, O Iacob, and speakest O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my iudgement is passed ouer from my God?
28¶ *Hast thou not knowen? hast thou not heard, that the euerlasting God, the LORD, the Creatour of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is wearie? there is no searching of his vnderstanding.
- Nehemiah 9:6Rank 12 from verse 1
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.
6Thou, euen thou art LORD alone, *thou hast made heauen, the heauen of heauens, with all their hoste, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therin, and thou preseruest them all, and the hoste of heauen worshippeth thee.
- Psalms 136:5–8Rank 13 from verse 1
5To 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.
7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
5*To him that by wisedome made the heauens: for his mercy endureth for euer.
6*To him that stretched out the earth aboue the waters: for his mercy endureth for euer.
7*To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for euer.
8†The sunne to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for euer.
- Psalms 33:9Rank 14 from verse 1
- Psalms 89:11–13Rank 15 from verse 1
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.
13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
11*The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulnes thereof, thou hast founded them.
12The North and the South, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy Name.
13†Thou hast a mighty arme: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
- Zechariah 12:1Rank 16 from verse 1
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.
1¶ The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth foorth the Heauens, and laith the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
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:
24And when they heard that, they lift vp their voyce to God with one accord, & said, Lord, thou art God which hast made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is,
- Deuteronomy 4:19Rank 18 from verse 1
19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
19And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sun, and the moone, and the starres, euen all the hoste of heauen, shouldest be driuen to worship them, and serue them, which the LORD thy God hath ‖diuided vnto all nations vnder the whole heauen.
- Genesis 1:10Rank 19 from verse 1
- Genesis 2:4Rank 20 from verse 1
- Hebrews 4:3Rank 21 from verse 1
3For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
3For we which haue beleeued do enter into rest, as hee said, As I haue sworne in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest, although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
- Isaiah 48:13Rank 22 from verse 1
- Isaiah 65:17Rank 23 from verse 1
- Jeremiah 10:12Rank 24 from verse 1
- Jeremiah 10:16Rank 25 from verse 1
16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.
16*The portion of Iacob is not like them: for he is the fourmer of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hostes is his Name.
- 2 Kings 21:3–5Rank 26 from verse 1
3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
3For he built vp againe the high places, *which Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and hee reared vp altars for Baal, and made a groue, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the hoste of heauen, and serued them.
4And *he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD sayd, *In Ierusalem will I put my Name.
5And he built altars for all the host of heauen, in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 17:3Rank 27 from verse 1
- Isaiah 55:9Rank 28 from verse 1
- Jeremiah 8:2Rank 29 from verse 1
2And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
2And they shall spread them before the Sunne, and the Moone, and all the hoste of heauen whom they haue loued, and whom they haue serued, and after whom they haue walked, and whom they haue sought, and whom they haue worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for doung, vpon the face of the earth.
42Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
42Then God turned, and gaue them vp to worship the hoste of heauen, *as it is written in the booke of the Prophets, O ye house of Israel, haue ye offered to me slaine beasts, and sacrifices, by the space of fourty yeeres in the wildernesse?
- Isaiah 34:4Rank 32 from verse 1
4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
4**And all the hoste of heauen shalbe dissolued, and the heauens shalbe rouled together as a scrole: and all their hoste shall fall downe as the leafe falleth off from the Uine, and as a falling figge from the figge tree.
- Psalms 104:2Rank 34 from verse 1
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Genesis 2:1
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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Completed, ended, accomplished, or brought to a conclusion.
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Sense 1: An army, assembled company, or multitude, including the ordered host of heaven. Sense 2: A person who receives, lodges, or entertains another.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
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1:1IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:1¶ In *the beginning God created the Heauen, and the Earth.
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.
1:2And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.
1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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.
1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the †light from the darkenesse.
1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
1:5And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: †and the euening 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.
1:6¶ And God said, *Let there be a †firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide 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.
1:7And 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.
1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
1:8And God called the *firmament, Heauen: and the euening 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.
1:9¶ And God said, *Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare: 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.
1:10And God called the drie land, Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called hee, 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.
1:11And God said, Let the Earth bring foorth †grasse, the herbe yeelding seed, and the fruit tree, yeelding fruit after his kinde, whose seed is in it selfe, vpon 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.
1:12And the earth brought foorth grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and God saw that it was good.
1:13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:13And the euening 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:
1:14¶ 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.
1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1:15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon 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.
1:16And God made two great lights: the greater light †to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the starres also.
1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
1:17And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to giue light vpon 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.
1:18And to *rule ouer the day, and ouer the night, and to diuide the light from the darkenesse: and God saw that it was good.
1:19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
1:19And the euening 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.
1:20And 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.
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.
1:21And God created great whales, and euery liuing creature that moueth, which the waters brought forth aboundantly after their kinde, and euery winged foule after his kinde: 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.
1:22And God blessed them, saying, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the waters in the Seas, and let foule multiply in the earth.
1:23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
1:23And the euening and the morning were the fift 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.
1:24¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the liuing creature after his kinde, cattell, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kinde: 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.
1:25And God made the beast of the earth after his kinde, and cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, after his kinde: 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.
1:26¶ And God said, *Let vs make man in our Image, after our likenesse: and let them haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer the cattell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon 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.
1:27So God created man in his owne Image, in the Image of God created hee him; *male and female created hee 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.
1:28And God blessed them, and God said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and haue dominion ouer the fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire, and ouer euery liuing thing that †mooueth vpon 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.
1:29¶ And God said, Behold, I haue giuen you euery herbe †bearing seede, which is vpon the face of all the earth, and euery tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yeelding 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.
1:30And to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the aire, and to euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, wherein there is †life, I haue giuen euery greene herbe 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.
1:31And *God saw euery thing that hee had made: and behold, it was very good. And the euening and the morning were the sixth day.
2:1THUS the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2:1¶ Thus the heauens and the earth were finished, and all the hoste of them.
Selected passage2:2And 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.
2:2*And on the seuenth day God ended his worke, which hee had made: And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke, 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.
2:3And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God †created and made.