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661 Etymology dictionary, p. cosmos (n.).3
… starry firmament," but it later was extended to the whole physical world, including the earth. For specific reference to "the world of people," the classical …
662 Etymology dictionary, p. *dher-.3
It forms all or part of: affirm; confirm; Darius; dharma; farm; fermata; firm (adj.); firm (n.); firmament; furl; infirm; infirmary; terra firma; throne .
663 Etymology dictionary, p. ether (n.).2
… ; sky, firmament," from Greek aithēr "upper air; bright, purer air; the sky" (opposed to aēr "the lower air"), from aithein "to burn, shine," from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (see edifice …
664 Etymology dictionary, p. fastness (n.).2
"a place not easily forced, a stronghold," late Old English fæstnes "firmness, strongness, massiveness, stability; the firmament," from fast (adj.) in its older sense of "firm, fixed in place" + -ness .
665 Etymology dictionary, p. firmament (n.).1
firmament (n.)
666 Etymology dictionary, p. firmament (n.).2
… French firmament or directly from Latin firmamentum "firmament," literally "a support, a strengthening," from firmus "strong, steadfast, enduring" (from suffixed …
667 Etymology dictionary, p. firmament (n.).4
In Ptolemaic astronomy, "the sphere of the fixed stars" (c. 1300). Related: Firmamental .
668 Etymology dictionary, p. heaven (n.).2
… sky, firmament," probably from Proto-Germanic *hibin-, a dissimilation of *himin- (source also of Low German heben, Old Norse himinn, Gothic himins, Old Frisian himul …
669 Etymology dictionary, p. lift (n.).3
The word once had a twin, Middle English lift "the air, the atmosphere; the sky, the firmament," from Old English lyft "air" (see loft (n.)).
670 Etymology dictionary, p. sky (n.).3
… , the firmament" is attested from c. 1300; it replaced native heofon in this sense (see heaven ). In Middle English, the word can still mean both "cloud" and "heaven," as …
671 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament and the Apocrypha.4
… darkness; firmament and waters; land and seas; plants; sun, moon, stars; swimming and flying creatures; land animals. No possible parallel to this classification …
672 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adoration.14
… the firmament sheweth his handiwork." (Compare especially the "nature Psalms" Psalms 8:1 - 9; Psalms 19:1 - 14; Psalms 29:1 - 11; Psalms 104:1 - 35 .)
673 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Air.2
… dome (firmament) stretching over the earth as a covering. In the above phrase the air means the space between the earth and the firmament. In Job (41:16) "air" renders …
674 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 1.28
… the firmament and then through heaven after heaven to the seventh. A great angel leads him upward. In the firmament he found the angels of the devil envying …
675 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Assyria.37
… upper firmament, which in the neo-Babylonian age was pronounced Assor. The combination of the attributes of the warrior-god, who was the peculiar god of the …
676 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, I.61
3. The Firmament
677 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, III.2
… --"the firmament"--above which were stored, as if in cisterns, the "treasuries" ( Job 38:22 ) of the rain, snow and hail, and some writers have even attempted to express …
678 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, III.8
… . The Firmament: (1) The Hebrew Conception. Above the, spherical earth was stretched out the "firmament" (raqia`) made on the second day of creation to "divide the waters …
679 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cherubim (1).16
… the "firmament," that is, the bottom of the Divine throne (1:22; 10:1), while two are stretched downward, conformable the one to the other, so as to cover their bodies …
680 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Eschatology of the Old Testament.92
… the firmament," etc. The peculiarity of this passage is, that in it, for the first time, is announced a resurrection of the wicked as well as of the righteous (compare …