Strong's #7549: raqiya` (pronounced raw-kee'-ah)

from 7554; properly, an expanse, i.e. the firmament or (apparently) visible arch of the sky:--firmament.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

râqı̂ya‛

1) extended surface (solid), expanse, firmament

1a) expanse (flat as base, support)

1b) firmament (of vault of heaven supporting waters above)

1b1) considered by Hebrews as solid and supporting ' waters' above

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from H7554

Usage:

This word is used 17 times:

 

Genesis 1:6: "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide"
Genesis 1:7: "And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which"
Genesis 1:7: "and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters"
Genesis 1:7: "the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was"
Genesis 1:8: "And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second"
Genesis 1:14: "said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day"
Genesis 1:15: "And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was"
Genesis 1:17: "And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,"
Genesis 1:20: "above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."
Psalms 19:1: "declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork."
Psalms 150:1: "God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power."
Ezekiel 1:22: "And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal,"
Ezekiel 1:23: "And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one"
Ezekiel 1:25: "And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads,"
Ezekiel 1:26: "And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne,"
Ezekiel 10:1: "Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims"
Daniel 12:3: "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever"