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Genesis 1:5

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And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.	And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.	And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And God^H430 called^H7121 the light^H216 Day^H3117, and the darkness^H2822 he called^H7121 Night^H3915. And the evening^H6153 and the morning^H1242 were the first^H259 day^H3117.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים ׀ לָאֹור יֹום וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר יֹום אֶחָד׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א	va/i.yik.Ra'	H7121	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he called
אֱלֹהִ֤ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
לָ/אוֹר֙	la./'Or	H216	HRd/Ncbsa	(to) the/ light
י֔וֹם	Yom	H3117	HNcmsa	day
וְ/לַ/חֹ֖שֶׁךְ	ve./la./Cho.shekh	H2822	HC/Rd/Ncmsa	and/ (to) the/ darkness
קָ֣רָא	Ka.ra'	H7121	HVqp3ms	he called
לָ֑יְלָה	Lai.lah	H3915	HNcmsa	night
וַֽ/יְהִי	va/y.hi-	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ there was
עֶ֥רֶב	'E.rev	H6153	HNcmsa	evening
וַֽ/יְהִי	va/y.hi-	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ there was
בֹ֖קֶר	Vo.ker	H1242	HNcmsa	morning
י֥וֹם	Yom	H3117	HNcmsa	day
אֶחָֽד	'e.Chad	H259	HAcmsa	one

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H216 — אוֹר (ʼôwr, ore): from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H1242 — בֹּקֶר (bôqer, bo'-ker): from בָּקַר; properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning; ([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.
• H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, kho-shek'): from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H6153 — עֶרֶב (ʻereb, eh'-reb): from עָרַב; dusk; [phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.
• H7121 — קָרָא (qârâʼ, kaw-raw'): a primitive root (rather identical with קָרָא through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications); bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.