Strong's H7549 · Hebrew

raqiya`

raw-kee'-ah

from 7554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky

Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H7549

H7549 רָקִיעַ extended surface , (solid) expanse . (flat) expanse . the vault of heaven, or ‘firmament,’ regarded by Hebrews as solid, and supporting ‘waters’ above it

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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