firmament

Etymology
From, , from , or from its , from + . Firmāre is the   of, from , ultimately from.

The Latin word was used in the version of the Bible to translate the in the (Greek Old Testament), which in turn was used to translate the, from the root ; in Classical Syriac the similar root  (related to compacting) gave rise to.

Noun

 * 1)  The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
 * 2)  The field or sphere of an activity or interest.
 * 3)  In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth celestial sphere which carried the fixed stars;  any celestial sphere.
 * 4)  The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
 * 5)  A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
 * 6)  A basis or foundation; a support.
 * 7)  The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
 * 1)  The field or sphere of an activity or interest.
 * 2)  In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth celestial sphere which carried the fixed stars;  any celestial sphere.
 * 3)  The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
 * 4)  A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
 * 5)  A basis or foundation; a support.
 * 6)  The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
 * 1)  The field or sphere of an activity or interest.
 * 2)  In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth celestial sphere which carried the fixed stars;  any celestial sphere.
 * 3)  The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
 * 4)  A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
 * 5)  A basis or foundation; a support.
 * 6)  The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
 * 1)  In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth celestial sphere which carried the fixed stars;  any celestial sphere.
 * 2)  The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
 * 3)  A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
 * 4)  A basis or foundation; a support.
 * 5)  The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
 * 1)  The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
 * 2)  A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
 * 3)  A basis or foundation; a support.
 * 4)  The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
 * 1)  A basis or foundation; a support.
 * 2)  The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
 * 1)  The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
 * 1)  The act or process of making firm or strengthening.

Translations

 * Amharic: ሰማይ
 * Arabic:, سماء
 * Aramaic: רקיעא
 * Classical Syriac: ܪܩܝܥܐ
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bashkir: күк көмбәҙе
 * Bulgarian: небосвод
 * Catalan: firmament
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,  , ,  ,  , 穹宇 , ,
 * Czech: nebeská klenba, nebeská báň,
 * Danish: firmament
 * Dutch:, , hemelgespan, ,
 * Esperanto: firmaĵo
 * Estonian: taevalaotus, taevavõlv
 * Finnish: ilmankansi ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Ge'ez: ሰማይ
 * Georgian: ცა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: lani
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon: siélo
 * Icelandic:, festing, himinhvel, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: neamh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Ladino: פירמאמינטו
 * Latin: firmāmentum
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: не́босвод, не́бесен свод
 * Middle English: luft
 * Nauruan: firmament
 * Northern Sami: albmẹassi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hvelving, himmelhvelv, firmament
 * Nynorsk: himmelkvelv, firmament
 * Occitan: firmament
 * Old Church Slavonic: тврьдѣль
 * Old English: lyft, staþol, uprodor
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: небе́сный свод, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: iarmailt
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: не̏бо, ша̑р
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tamil:
 * Tigrinya: ሰማይ
 * Tocharian A: eprer
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: твердь небесна
 * Vietnamese:
 * Vilamovian: fjyrmament
 * Welsh: entrych nef, entrych nen
 * Zulu: uḿkhathí


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:

Etymology
.

Noun

 * , heavens

Etymology
From, from , coined by in the Vulgate to render , which in turn translates.

Noun

 * 1)  vault or sphere of the heavens, seen as solid in older cosmologies; sky

Etymology
, from, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) firmament

Etymology
From, from , from.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * , heavens

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) celestial sphere, heaven, sky
 * 2)  foundation

Etymology
, from.