Strong’s Concordance says, “raqia: an extended surface, expanse,” and Brown-Driver-Briggs’ Hebrew and English Lexicon says, “extended surface, (solid) expanse (as if beaten out )'. The Hebrew word translated as “firmament” is rāqîa.
“And God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters'” (Gen 1:6). I do, however, understand the question because the word 'firmament' is used in Genesis chapter 1. Question: I have been asked why Genesis states that the sky (or firmament) was made of metal, which was created to separate the waters above the earth from the waters below - not really what science teaches!Īnswer: True, that’s not what science teaches but I don’t think it’s what Genesis teaches either.
