indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible DictionaryĮaston, Matthew George. indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, Genesis 1:6-9 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. ![]() It was the support also of the heavenly bodies ( Genesis 1:14 ), and is spoken of as having "windows" and "doors" ( Genesis 7:11 Isaiah 24:18 Malachi 3:10 ) through which the rain and snow might descend. In the beginning of Genesis it says that the firmament was created to separate the waters from the waters. The raki'a supported the upper reservoir ( Psalms 148:4 ). ![]() It formed a division between the waters above and the waters below ( Genesis 1:7 ). It is plain that it was used to denote solidity as well as expansion. The language of Scripture is not scientific but popular, and hence we read of the sun rising and setting, and also here the use of this particular word. They who rendered raki'a by firmamentum regarded it as a solid body. This word means simply "expansion." It denotes the space or expanse like an arch appearing immediately above us. Considered by Hebrews as solid and supporting waters above. Firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above). Detailed definition: Extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament. In the first account of the creation (Genesis 1) we read that God. From the Vulgate firmamentum, which is used as the translation of the Hebrew raki'a. Usage: Firmament Definition: Properly, an expanse, i.e., the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky. That the Hebrews entertained similar ideas appears from numerous biblical passages.
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