Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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Heavens
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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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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
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim · shaw-mah'-yim
109 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 2:1Strong's last: Zechariah 12:1
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ouranós · oo-ran-os'
19 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 3:16Strong's last: Revelation 12:12
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shâmayin · shaw-mah'-yin
3 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: heaven.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 10:11Strong's last: Daniel 4:26
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ʻărâbâh · ar-aw-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences
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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ʻârîyph · aw-reef'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
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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Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
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He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
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<<To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.>> O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
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When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
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He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
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The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
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<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
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By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
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Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
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He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
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And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
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Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
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For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
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Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
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Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
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The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
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To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
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To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
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They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
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And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
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The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
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For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
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Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
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The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
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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