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: (Aramaic) corresponding to H8064 (שָׁמַיִם)
KJV Usage: heaven.
TWOT Reference: 3038
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) heaven, heavens, sky
1a) visible sky
1b) Heaven (as abode of God)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁמַ֫יִן (sha.ma.yin) — heaven. 1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible sky 1b) Heaven (as abode of God)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁמַ֫יִן] n.m.pl. heavens base