King James Version
Genesis 1:2 in the King James Version says “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon t...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”
Genesis 1:2 · KJV
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. the light from: Heb. between the light and between the darkness
KJV Study — Public Domain
“was”
H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“without form”
H8414a desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
“and darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
“upon”
H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the deep”
H8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
“And the Spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“upon”
H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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