Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7549
רָקִיעַ
raqiaraw-kee'-ah
expanse
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: râqîyaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7549is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7549
properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
The King James renders it: firmament.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
raqia is rendered "expanse". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
Genesis 1:6רָקִ֖יעַ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- in firmament of4
- the firmament3
- to the firmament3
- the expanse2
- to the expanse2
- a firmament1
- an expanse1
- firmament of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| רָקִיק | raqiq | flatbread | Uses8 |
The words it stands beside
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בִּרְקִ֣יעַ3
- בִּרְקִ֥יעַ1
- הָרָקִיעַ֒1
- הָרָקִ֔יעַ1
- הָרָקִ֙יעַ֙1
- הָרָקִ֑יעַ1
- הָרָקִֽיעַ׃1
- לָרָקִ֔יעַ1
- לָרָקִ֑יעַ1
- לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ1
- לָרָקִ֖יעַ1
- לָרָקִ֙יעַ֙1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular5HRd/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular5HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
Genesis
nine uses
And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
- רָקִ֖יעַrakia'noun · masculine singulartagged: a firmament
So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
- הָרָקִיעַ֒harakia'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the firmament
- לָרָקִ֔יעַlarakia'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the firmament
- לָרָקִ֑יעַlarakia'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the firmament
God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
- לָֽרָקִ֖יעַlarakia'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the firmament
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- בִּרְקִ֣יעַbirkia'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in firmament of
And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
- בִּרְקִ֣יעַbirkia'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in firmament of
God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
- בִּרְקִ֣יעַbirkia'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in firmament of
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- רְקִ֥יעַrekia'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: firmament of
Psalms
two uses
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
- הָרָקִֽיעַ׃harakia'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the firmament
Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
- בִּרְקִ֥יעַbirkia'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in firmament of
Ezekiel
five uses
Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
- רָקִ֔יעַrakia'noun · masculine singulartagged: an expanse
And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.
- הָרָקִ֔יעַharakia'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the expanse
And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.
- לָרָקִ֖יעַlarakia'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the expanse
Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
- לָרָקִ֙יעַ֙larakia'preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the expanse
And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
- הָרָקִ֙יעַ֙harakia'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the expanse
Daniel
one use
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
- הָרָקִ֑יעַharakia'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the firmament
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.