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
Open full G2192 profile →גַּלְגַּל
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, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
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Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
G3772
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
G3772
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
G3772
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
G3772
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
G3772
The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
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The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
G3772
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
G3772
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
G3772
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
G3772
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
G3772
And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
G3772
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
G3772
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
G3772
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
G3772
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
G3772
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
G3772
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
G3772
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
no direct Strong's tag
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
G3772
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
G3772
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
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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