Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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Heaven
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Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim · shaw-mah'-yim
289 times translated as this KJV form419 total Strong's occurrences
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Strong's KJV usage: air, × astrologer, heaven(-s).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 1:1Strong's last: Malachi 3:10
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ouranós · oo-ran-os'
247 times translated as this KJV form283 total Strong's occurrences
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
Strong's KJV usage: :--air, heaven(-ly), sky.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 3:2Strong's last: Revelation 21:10
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shâmayin · shaw-mah'-yin
35 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: heaven.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 5:11Strong's last: Daniel 7:27
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mesouránēma · mes-oo-ran'-ay-mah
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
mid-sky
Strong's KJV usage: :--midst of heaven.
Strong's first: Revelation 8:13Strong's last: Revelation 19:17
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ouranóthen · oo-ran-oth'-en
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
from the sky
Strong's KJV usage: :--from heaven.
Strong's first: Acts 14:17Strong's last: Acts 26:13
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shachaq · shakh'-ak
2 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
Strong's KJV usage: cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
Strong's first: Psalms 89:6Strong's last: Psalms 89:37
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epouránios · ep-oo-ran'-ee-os
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
above the sky
Strong's KJV usage: :--celestial, (in) heaven(-ly), high.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Philippians 2:10Strong's last: Philippians 2:10
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échō · ekh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form708 total Strong's occurrences
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Strong's first: Revelation 18:1Strong's last: Revelation 18:1
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galgal · gal-gal'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)
Strong's KJV usage: heaven, rolling thing, wheel.
Strong's first: Psalms 77:18Strong's last: Psalms 77:18
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G3772
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
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And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
G3772
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
G3772
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
G3772
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
G3772
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
G3772
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
G3772
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
G3772
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
G3772
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
G3772
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
G3772
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
G3772
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
G3772
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
G3772
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
G3772
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
G3772
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
G3772
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
G3772
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
G3772
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
G3772
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
G3772
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
G3772
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
G3772
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
English meaning and historical usage.
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heaven
HEAVEN, noun hev'n.
1. The region or expanse which surrounds the earth, and which appears above and around us, like an immense arch or vault, in which are seen the sun, moon and stars.
2. Among christians, the part of space in which the omnipresent Jehovah is supposed to afford more sensible manifestations of his glory. Hence this is called the habitation of God, and is represented as the residence of angels and blessed spirits. Deuteronomy 26:15.
The sanctified heart loves heaven for its purity, and God for his goodness.
3. Among pagans, the residence of the celestial gods.
4. The sky or air; the region of the atmosphere; or an elevated place; in a very indefinite sense. Thus we speak of a mountain reaching to heaven; the fowls of heaven; the clouds of heaven; hail or rain from heaven Jeremiah 9:10. Job 35:11.
Their cities are walled to heaven Deuteronomy 1:10.
5. The Hebrews acknowledged three heavens; the air or aerial heavens; the firmament in which the stars are supposed to be placed; and the heaven of heavens, or third heaven the residence of Jehovah.
6. Modern philosophers divide the expanse above and around the earth into two parts, the atmosphere or aerial heaven and the etherial heaven beyond the region of the air, in which there is supposed to be a thin, unresisting medium called ether.
7. The Supreme Power; the Sovereign of heaven; god; as prophets sent by heaven
I have sinned against heaven Luke 15:7.
Shun the impious profaneness which scoffs at the
institution of heaven
8. The pagan deities; celestials.
And show the heavens more just.
9. Elevation; sublimity.
O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention.
10. Supreme felicity; great happiness.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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