# רָקִיעַ (raqia)

Israeli respelling: ra-qi-a. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7549. 15 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: firmament.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/raqia-h7549

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Genesis 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 wa…
- [Genesis 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/8) — And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
- [Genesis 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 seaso…
- [Genesis 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Genesis 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/17) — And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
- [Genesis 1:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 f…
- [Psalms 19:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/1) — The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
- [Psalms 150:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/150/1) — Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
- [Ezekiel 1:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 the…
- [Ezekiel 1:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 h…
- [Ezekiel 1:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Ezekiel 1:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 likenes…
- [Ezekiel 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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,…
- [Daniel 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 ev…