What Does Genesis 1:25 Mean?

“made”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“And God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the beast”

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin

“of the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“after his kind”

a sort, i.e., species

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“and cattle”

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

“after his kind”

a sort, i.e., species

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and every thing that creepeth”

a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal

“upon the earth”

soil (from its general redness)

“after his kind”

a sort, i.e., species

“saw”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“And God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“that it was good”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good