Firmament (extended surface)
7549. raqia
Strong’s Concordance
raqia: an extended surface, expanse
Original Word: רָקִ֫יעַ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: raqia
Phonetic Spelling: (rah-kee’-ah)
Short Definition: expanse
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon: “extended surface”
Englishman’s Hebrew Concordance:
Gen 1:6-8,14-15,17,20
Psalm 19:1
Psalm 150:1
Ezekiel 1:22-23,25-26
Ezekiel 10:1
Daniel 12:3
Also see Job 37:18