Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/穹蒼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
穹	蒼
Jinmeiyō	Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 穹蒼 (“firmament”), a term which decomposes into 穹 (“arching, vault”) + 蒼 (“blue”), to native Japanese word or the same meaning おおぞら (ōzora, “firmament”).

Noun

穹蒼 (おおぞら)／穹蒼 (おほぞら)^[1](ōzora) → 大空 (おおぞら) (ōzora), 穹蒼(きゅうそう) (kyūsō)

firmament

Quotations

^ OT, page 1:
神 (かみ)言(いひ)たまひけるは水(みづ)の中(なか)に穹蒼(おほぞら)ありて水(みづ)と水(みづ)とを分(わか)つべし
Kami ii tamaikeru wa mizu no naka ni ōzora arite mizu to mizu to wo wakatsubeshi
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters

[Gen_1:6-1] OT, page 1:
神 (かみ)言(いひ)たまひけるは水(みづ)の中(なか)に穹蒼(おほぞら)ありて水(みづ)と水(みづ)とを分(わか)つべし
Kami ii tamaikeru wa mizu no naka ni ōzora arite mizu to mizu to wo wakatsubeshi
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters

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