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Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany
the Second Week after Epiphany
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Firmament
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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the sky, the heavens. In the Vulgate the word firmamentum, which means in classical Latin a strengthening or support (firmare, to make firm or strong) was used as the equivalent of crepEWµa (ammpE6 v, to make firm or solid) in the LXX., which translates the Heb. ragiya ` . The Hebrew probably signifies literally "expanse," and is thus used of the expanse or vault of the sky, the verb from which it is derived meaning "to beat out." In Syriac the verb means "to make firm," and is the direct source of the Gr. arEpEwµa and the Lat. firmamentum. In ancient astronomy the firmament was the eighth sphere containing the fixed stars surrounding the seven spheres of the planets.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Firmament'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/f/firmament.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Firmament'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/f/firmament.html. 1910.
