King James Version

Genesis 2:1

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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וַיְכֻלּ֛וּvaykhulvand ceaseכָּלָהconjunction, verb, pual, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cease”, the next action in the storyH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…הַשָּׁמַ֥יִםhashamayimthe heavenשָׁמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the 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)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וְהָאָ֖רֶץvehaaretsand the earthאֶרֶץconjunction, definite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).צְבָאָֽםtsevaamarmyצָבָאnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “army”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)appointed time, ([phrase]) army, ([phrase]) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host;

World English Bible

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.

Darby Translation

And the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished.

Douay-Rheims

So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole world of them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ συνετελέσθησαν ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ κόσμος αὐτῶν.