Raqia רָקִיעַ

Raqia (Hebrew רָקִיעַ, Strong's H7549) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “expanse”. It occurs 17 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Raqia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 1:6
  And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
• Genesis 1:7
  And 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.So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
• Genesis 1:8
  And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
• Genesis 1:14
  And 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:And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
• Genesis 1:15
  And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
• Genesis 1:17
  And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
• Genesis 1:20
  And 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.And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Psalms

• Psalm 19:1
  The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.
• Psalm 150:1
  Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 1:22
  And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
• Ezekiel 1:23
  And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.
• Ezekiel 1:25
  And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.
• Ezekiel 1:26
  And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
• Ezekiel 10:1
  Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.

Daniel

• Daniel 12:3
  And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).