H7549 · רָקִיעַ
râqîyaʻ · raw-kee'-ah · firmament
H7549 (râqîyaʻ, pronounced raw-kee'-ah) is the Hebrew word רָקִיעַ in Strong’s dictionary: properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky. It appears 17 times in 15 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- רָקִיעַ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- râqîyaʻ
- Pronunciation
- raw-kee'-ah
- Derivation
- from H7554 (רָקַע);
- Definition
- properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
- Rendered in the KJV
- firmament.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
17 occurrences in 15 verses (16 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “the expanse” ×6
- “in the expanse” ×3
- “expanse” ×2
- “an expanse” ×1
- “heavens” ×1
- “it” ×1
- “of the heavens” ×1
- “the skies” ×1
By book
Genesis 7 · Psalms 2 · Ezekiel 5 · Daniel 1
Verses
- Genesis 1:6
- Genesis 1:7
- Genesis 1:8
- Genesis 1:14
- Genesis 1:15
- Genesis 1:17
- Genesis 1:20
- Psalms 19:1
- Psalms 150:1
- Ezekiel 1:22
- Ezekiel 1:23
- Ezekiel 1:25
- Ezekiel 1:26
- Ezekiel 10:1
- Daniel 12:3
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H7549.