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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Heavens

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

133exact KJV occurrences 114Old Testament 19New Testament 31books containing the word 5mapped Strong's IDs 133occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 2:1

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 12:12

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where heavens appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 32 verses Deuteronomy 33 verses Judges 11 verses 2 Samuel 11 verses 1 Kings 11 verses 1 Chronicles 33 verses 2 Chronicles 66 verses Ezra 11 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Job 66 verses Psalms 3936 verses Proverbs 22 verses Isaiah 2221 verses Jeremiah 1110 verses Lamentations 22 verses Ezekiel 11 verses Daniel 11 verses Hosea 11 verses Joel 33 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Haggai 22 verses Zechariah 33 verses Matthew 22 verses Mark 11 verses Luke 11 verses Acts 22 verses 2 Corinthians 11 verses Ephesians 11 verses Hebrews 55 verses 2 Peter 55 verses Revelation 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH8064
שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim · shaw-mah'-yim

109 times translated as this KJV form419 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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 2:1Strong's last: Zechariah 12:1

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HebrewH6160
עֲרָבָה

ʻărâbâh · ar-aw-baw'

1 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

Strong's KJV usage: Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also 1026.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Psalms 68:4Strong's last: Psalms 68:4

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HebrewH6183
עָרִיף

ʻârîyph · aw-reef'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the sky (as drooping at the horizon)

Strong's KJV usage: heaven.

Strong's first: Isaiah 5:30Strong's last: Isaiah 5:30

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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6 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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2 Chronicles 2:6
H8064

But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

2 Chronicles 6:18
H8064

But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

2 Chronicles 6:25
H8064

Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

2 Chronicles 6:33
H8064

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

2 Chronicles 6:35
H8064

Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

2 Chronicles 6:39
H8064

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

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