H8064 שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim) shaw-mah'-yim

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

heaven

Strong's Definition

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)

Derivation: dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty;

KJV Usage: air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

TWOT Reference: 2407a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) heaven, heavens, sky

1a) visible heavens, sky

1a1) as abode of the stars

1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc

1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G798 G2032 G2246 G3770 G3772

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) — heaven. 1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God) Aramaic equivalent: sha.ma.yin (שָׁמַ֫יִן "heaven" H8065)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שָׁמַיִם (H8064)

noun m

Regions Above the Earth | ≈ אֶרֶץ · יָם · מַיִם · מָרֹום · עָב · שַׁחַק · תֵּבֵל · תְּהֹום

heaven, sky = the area above the earth, the location of sun, moon, and stars, the realm of the birds and God's primary residence; seen as the source of dew, rain, hail, snow, thunder and lightning, and sometimes even food; associated with what is high and remote, created by God and bound to disappear one day

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Deities

heavenly beings literally "heaven", but with focus on the creatures that live there: = supernatural beings

JOB 15:15

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שָׁמַי] n.m. only pl. שָׁמַיִם 421 heavens, sky

visible heavens, sky, where stars, etc., are

phrases

as abode of God

Elijah taken up הַשּׁ׳ in whirlwind

הַשּׁ׳ personified in various relations

base

Bible Occurrences (395)

1:1 1:8 1:9 1:14 1:15 1:17 1:20 1:26 1:28 1:30 2:1 2:4 2:19 2:20 6:7 6:17 7:3 7:11 7:19 7:23 8:2 9:2 11:4 14:19 14:22 15:5 19:24 21:17 22:11 22:15 22:17 24:3 24:7 26:4 27:28 27:39 28:12 28:17 49:25

9:8 9:10 9:22 9:23 10:21 10:22 16:4 17:14 20:4 20:11 20:22 24:10 31:17 32:13

26:19

1:10 1:28 2:25 3:24 4:11 4:17 4:19 4:26 4:32 4:36 4:39 5:8 7:24 9:1 9:14 10:14 10:22 11:11 11:17 11:21 17:3 25:19 26:15 28:12 28:23 28:24 28:26 28:62 29:20 30:4 30:12 30:19 31:28 32:1 32:40 33:13 33:26 33:28

2:11 8:20 10:11 10:13

5:4 5:20 13:20 20:40

2:10 5:12 17:44 17:46

18:9 21:10 22:8 22:10 22:14

8:22 8:23 8:27 8:30 8:32 8:34 8:35 8:36 8:39 8:43 8:45 8:49 8:54 14:11 16:4 18:45 21:24 22:19

1:10 1:12 1:14 2:1 2:11 7:2 7:19 14:27 17:16 19:15 21:3 21:5 23:4 23:5

16:26 16:31 21:16 21:26 27:23 29:11

2:6 2:12 6:13 6:14 6:18 6:21 6:23 6:25 6:26 6:27 6:30 6:33 6:35 6:39 7:1 7:13 7:14 18:18 20:6 28:9 30:27 32:20 33:3 33:5 36:23

1:2 9:6

1:4 1:5 1:9 2:4 2:20 9:6 9:13 9:15 9:23 9:27 9:28

1:16 2:12 9:8 11:8 12:7 14:12 15:15 16:19 20:6 20:27 22:12 22:14 26:11 26:13 28:21 28:24 35:5 35:11 37:3 38:29 38:33 38:37 41:11

2:4 8:1 8:3 8:8 11:4 14:2 18:9 18:13 19:1 19:6 20:6 33:6 33:13 36:5 50:4 50:6 53:2 57:3 57:5 57:10 57:11 68:8 68:33 69:34 73:9 73:25 76:8 78:23 78:24 78:26 79:2 80:14 85:11 89:2 89:5 89:11 89:29 96:5 96:11 97:6 102:19 102:25 103:11 103:19 104:2 104:12 105:40 107:26 108:4 108:5 113:4 113:6 115:3 115:15 115:16 119:89 121:2 123:1 124:8 134:3 135:6 136:5 136:26 139:8 144:5 146:6 147:8 148:1 148:4 148:13

3:19 8:27 23:5 25:3 30:4 30:19

1:13 2:3 3:1 5:2 10:20

1:2 13:5 13:10 13:13 14:12 14:13 34:4 34:5 37:16 40:12 40:22 42:5 44:23 44:24 45:8 45:12 45:18 47:13 48:13 49:13 50:3 51:6 51:13 51:16 55:9 55:10 63:15 64:1 65:17 66:1 66:22

2:12 4:23 4:25 4:28 7:18 7:33 8:2 8:7 9:10 10:2 10:12 10:13 14:22 15:3 16:4 19:7 19:13 23:24 31:37 32:17 33:22 33:25 34:20 44:17 44:18 44:19 44:25 49:36 51:9 51:15 51:16 51:48 51:53

2:1 3:41 3:50 3:66 4:19

1:1 8:3 29:5 31:6 31:13 32:4 32:7 32:8 38:20

8:8 8:10 9:12 11:4 12:7

2:18 2:21 4:3 7:12

2:10 2:30 3:16

9:2 9:6

1:9

3:16

3:3

1:3 1:5

1:10 2:6 2:21

2:6 5:9 6:5 8:12 12:1

3:10

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:8

God called the expanse sky. And there was evening, and there was morning — the second day.

Genesis 1:9

And God said, Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry [land] may appear. And it was so.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark [the] seasons and days and years.

Genesis 1:15

And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth. And it was so.

Genesis 1:17

God set [these lights] in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters teem with living... creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon [it].