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Genesis 1

Gen. 1:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
e, Let there be
hayah (Hebrew #1961)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
KJV usage: beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
Pronounce: haw-yaw
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1933)
light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
f: and there was light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
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Psa. 33:9• 9For *he* spoke, and it was done; *he* commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:9)
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Matt. 8:3• 3And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (Matt. 8:3)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)
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Eph. 5:14• 14Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:14)

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Psa. 33:6,9• 6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
 9For *he* spoke, and it was done; *he* commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:6,9)
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Psa. 148:5• 5Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created: (Psa. 148:5)
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Matt. 8:3• 3And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (Matt. 8:3)
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John 11:43• 43And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. (John 11:43)
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Job 36:30• 30Lo, he spreadeth his light around him, and covereth the bottom of the sea. (Job 36:30)
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Job 38:19• 19Where is the way to where light dwelleth? and the darkness, where is its place, (Job 38:19)
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Psa. 97:11• 11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. (Psa. 97:11)
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Psa. 104:2• 2Covering thyself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent-curtain;-- (Psa. 104:2)
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Psa. 118:27• 27Jehovah is *God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords,--up to the horns of the altar. (Psa. 118:27)
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Isa. 45:7• 7forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things. (Isa. 45:7)
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Isa. 60:19• 19The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. (Isa. 60:19)
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John 1:5,9• 5And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
 9The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man. (John 1:5,9)
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John 3:19• 19And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil. (John 3:19)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)
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Eph. 5:8,14• 8for ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord; walk as children of light,
 14Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:8,14)
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1 Tim. 6:16• 16who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)
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1 John 1:5• 5And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5)
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1 John 2:8• 8Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines. (1 John 2:8)
• The first four days, God brings light and order out of darkness and confusion: light, the first day; the expanse as a scene of heavenly power over the earth, the second day; then He divided what was formed and orderly, on the one hand, from the moving powerful but shapeless mass of waters, on the other, and then ornamented the ordered habitable scene with beauty and fruitfulness on the third. The symbols of directing power were set visibly in their places on the fourth. (“Genesis 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God said, Let there be light. And there was light.