H7549

רָקִיעַ

râqîyaʻ · raw-kee'-ah

properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky

Lexicon

Derivation: from H7554 (רָקַע);

properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: firmament.

Letters

רResh200
Picture: a human head
Concrete
head · face · person
Extended
first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
Concrete
back of the head · rising sun · circle
Extended
what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

the head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › to see and know

The head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works that works to see and know.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָקִיעַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

the firmament5 · 29%
in the firmament2 · 12%
of the firmament2 · 12%
let there be a firmament1 · 6%
them in the firmament1 · 6%
firmament1 · 6%
and the firmament1 · 6%
him in the firmament1 · 6%
and under the firmament1 · 6%
from the firmament1 · 6%
and, behold, in the firmament1 · 6%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

בִּרְקִ֣יעַ3לָרָקִ֔יעַ1לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ1רָקִ֔יעַ1הָרָקִ֙יעַ֙1הָרָקִיעַ֒1רְקִ֥יעַ1הָרָקִֽיעַ׃1לָרָקִ֖יעַ1הָרָקִ֑יעַ1רָקִ֖יעַ1הָרָקִ֔יעַ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.