Firmament Word Study
And the Creator said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
Genesis 1:6
A Top 10 Verse
I conducted a brief word comparison of the seven physical Bible Versions I possess in order of publication:
-Matthew’s Bible (1537):
Figmanet
Geneva Bible (1560):
Firmament
KJV (1611):
Firmament
KJV (1996):
Firmament
HalleluYaH Scriptures (2015):
Expanse
ISR Scriptures (2018):
Expanse
eth CEPHER (2020):
Expanse
I also conducted a etymological, historical and Scriptural examination of the word firmament.
Firmament [ME fr LL & L; LL firmamentum L. support fr. firmware] 13c: the void or arch of the sky; great vault or expansion of the sky that separates the upper and lower waters
H7549 raqiya- raw kee ah- an expanse or invisible arch of the sky
Raqiya (also spelled raqia) flat expanse as base support: the vault of heaven supporting waters above it.
Resources:
-Merriman Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 10th Edition (1993)
-Hollman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2015)
-Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (2010)
-Brown-Driver-Biggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (1906)
Epilogue:
I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of firmament or expanse or dome in the sky. When viewing the sky, I literally picture the Sandals of the Almighty One resting on the dome like a giant footstool. The clouds (the real clouds not the fake, false and fraudulent geoengineered “clouds”) are dust off His Sandals.