Genesis 1
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH43032× in this chapter
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
- הָיָהhâyâhH196127× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֵתʼêthH85326× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH77620× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- כֹּלkôlH360514× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- עַלʻalH592112× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- יוֹםyôwmH311711× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- מַיִםmayimH432511× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- אָמַרʼâmarH55911× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- מִיןmîynH432710× in this chapter
a sort, i.e. species
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimH806410× in this chapter
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)
- רָקִיעַrâqîyaʻH75499× in this chapter
properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8349× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בֵּיןbêynH9969× in this chapter
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- חַיchayH24168× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72008× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62137× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- בֹּקֶרbôqerH12426× in this chapter
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
- אוֹרʼôwrH2166× in this chapter
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
- זֶרַעzeraʻH22336× in this chapter
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- טוֹבṭôwbH28956× in this chapter
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
- כִּיkîyH35886× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֵּןkênH36516× in this chapter
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
- עוֹףʻôwphH57756× in this chapter
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- עֶרֶבʻerebH61536× in this chapter
dusk
- בָּרָאbârâʼH12545× in this chapter
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
- מָאוֹרmâʼôwrH39745× in this chapter
properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element); figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
- קָרָאqârâʼH71215× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- בָּדַלbâdalH9145× in this chapter
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
- זָרַעzâraʻH22324× in this chapter
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
- חֹשֶׁךְchôshekH28224× in this chapter
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
- יָםyâmH32204× in this chapter
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
- לַיִלlayilH39154× in this chapter
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53154× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- עֵץʻêtsH60864× in this chapter
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- עֶשֶׂבʻesebH62124× in this chapter
grass (or any tender shoot)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64404× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- פְּרִיpᵉrîyH65294× in this chapter
fruit (literally or figuratively)
- רָמַשׂrâmasH74304× in this chapter
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14193× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent