Genesis 2:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְכֻלּ֛וּ הַשָּׁמַ֥יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yəḵullû the haššāmayim and-the-hāʾāreṣ and-all-ṣəḇāʾām

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəḵullû*: waw consecutive + Pual imperfect, 3rd plural - and they were completed/finished
• *haššāmayim*: definite article + noun, masculine, plural - the heavens
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the earth
• *ṣəḇāʾām*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person plural possessive suffix - their host/array

Word Meanings

• *yəḵullû*: were completed/were finished/were concluded
• *ṣəḇāʾām*: their hosts/their array/their multitude/their heavenly bodies

Referenced Verses

• Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
• Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• Exod 31:17 : 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
• 2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest [above] the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
• Deut 17:3 : 3 and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
• Exod 20:11 : 11 for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
• Heb 4:3 : 3 For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, {G1487} They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
• Gen 1:10 : 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
• Gen 2:4 : 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
• 2 Kgs 21:3-5 : 3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
• 2 Chr 2:12 : 12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
• Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
• Job 12:9 : 9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
• Ps 33:9 : 9 For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
• Ps 89:11-13 : 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. 13 Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
• Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
• Ps 136:5-8 : 5 To him that by understanding made the heavens; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 6 To him that spread forth the earth above the waters; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 7 To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;
• Ps 146:6 : 6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;
• Isa 34:4 : 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig-tree.
• Isa 40:26-28 : 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking. 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God? 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
• Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
• Isa 45:12 : 12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
• Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.
• Isa 48:13 : 13 Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
• Isa 55:9 : 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
• Isa 65:17 : 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
• Jer 8:2 : 2 and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
• Jer 10:12 : 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding hath he stretched out the heavens:
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
• Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. [Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:
• Luke 2:13 : 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
• Acts 4:24 : 24 And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, {G2316} thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:
• Acts 7:42 : 42 But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?