'Expanse' in the Bible
And God saith, 'Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.'
And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which are under the expanse, and the waters which are above the expanse: and it is so.
And God calleth to the expanse 'Heavens;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second.
And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so.
and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth,
And God saith, 'Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'
Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. The heavens are recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse is declaring.
Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength.
And a likeness is over the heads of the living creatures of an expanse, as the colour of the fearful ice, stretched out over their heads from above.
And under the expanse their wings are straight, one toward the other, to each are two covering on this side, and to each are two covering on that side -- their bodies.
And there is a voice from above the expanse, that is above their head: in their standing they let fall their wings.
And above the expanse that is over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, is the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.
And I look, and lo, on the expanse that is above the head of the cherubs, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, He hath been seen over them.
And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.