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NASB					Gen 1:15 and let them be for ¹lights³⁹⁷⁴ in the ²expanse⁷⁵⁴⁹ of the heavens⁸⁰⁶⁴ to give²¹⁵ light²¹⁵ on the earth⁷⁷⁶"; and it was so³⁶⁵¹.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 1:15 and let them be useful as lights in the expanse of the heavens to provide light on the earth"; and it was so, [just as He commanded].

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Or luminaries, light-bearers

Or firmament

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Greek Heb.

215

or (21a); a prim. root; to be or become light:--bright(1), brightened(2), dawned(1), enlighten(2), enlightened(1), enlightening(1), gave light(1), give(1), give light(5), given us light(1), gives light(2), illumine(1), illumines(1), kindle(1), light(5), lit(2), make a fire(1), make shine(1), resplendent(1), shed light(1), shine(9), shines(1), shone(1).

776

erets (75d); a prim. root; earth, land:--common(1), countries(15), countries and their lands(1), country(44), countryside(1), distance*(3), dust(1), earth(655), earth the ground(1), earth's(1), fail*(1), floor(1), ground(119), land(1581), lands(57), lands have their land(2), open(1), other*(2), piece(1), plateau*(1), region(1), territories(1), wild(1), world(3).

3651

ken (485d); a prim. adv.; so, thus:--accordingly(2), after*(1), afterward*(18), afterwards*(5), because*(1), case(1), correctly(1), enough(1), even(2), exactly(1), follows(1), hence(1), here(1), inasmuch*(5), like(3), like this(1), likewise(10), means*(2), more(4), nevertheless(1), now*(1), possessed*(1), practice*(1), reason*(4), right(1), same(8), same way(1), since*(1), so(226), so*(1), such(3), such a thing(2), such*(1), surely(2), then(1), thereafter*(1), therefore(190), therefore*(138), this(24), this is how(1), this account(1), this manner(1), this reason(1), thus(51), very well(2), yet(1).

3974

maor or
maor or
meorah or
meorah (22c); from 215; a luminary:--bright(1), light(12), lighting(2), lights(3), shining(1).

7549

raqia (956a); from 7554; an extended surface, expanse:--expanse(16), expanse of heaven(1).

8064

shamayim (1029c); from an unused word; heaven, sky:--astrologers*(1), compass(1), earth(1), heaven(191), heaven and the highest(2), heaven and the highest heavens(1), heaven of heavens(1), heavenly(3), heavens(151), heavens and the highest(1), highest heaven(1), highest heaven(1), highest heavens(4), horizons(1), other*(1), sky(50).

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