Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 1:8 - Called
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
called | H7121 | קָרָא |
[Verb] to call out to (that {is} properly address by {name} but used in a wide variety of applications) |
the firmament | H7549 | רָקִיעַ |
[Noun Masculine] properly an {expanse} that {is} the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky |
Heaven | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) |
And the evening | H6153 | עֶרֶב |
[Noun Masculine] dusk |
and the morning | H1242 | בֹּקֶר |
[Noun Masculine] properly dawn (as the break of day); generally morning |
were | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
the second | H8145 | שֵׁנִי |
[Noun] properly {double} that {is} second; also adverbially again |
day | H3117 | יוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.