רָקִיעַ raqia

Hebrew word for “expanse” · Strong’s H7549 · used 17 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament;

How it is translated

Glosses given for raqia in context, with how often each is used:

• firmament 12
• expanse 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 1 (7), Ezekiel 1 (4), Psalms 19 (1), Psalms 150 (1), Ezekiel 10 (1), Daniel 12 (1)

Forms

• הרקיע 5
• לרקיע 5
• ברקיע 4
• רקיע 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with raqia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 6
• דְּמוּת demut “likeness” 3
• בָּדַל badal “to separate” 3
• סַפִּיר sappir “sapphire” 2
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 4
• מָאוֹר maor “light” 2
• בַּיִן bayin “between” 3
• אוֹר or “to light” 2
• מַי mayim “water” 3
• מַרְאֶה mareh “appearance” 2
• כָּנָף kanaph “wing” 2
• כִּסֵּא kisse “throne” 2

Key verses

The verses using raqia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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.
• 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.
• Genesis 1:8 — And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
• 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,…
• Genesis 1:17 — And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
• 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.
• Psalms 19:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
• Psalms 150:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
• 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.
• Ezekiel 1:26 — And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was…
• Ezekiel 10:1 — Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance…
• Daniel 12:3 — 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.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.