H8064

שׁמה שׁמים 

Transliteration

shamayim; shaw-mah'-yim dual of an unused singular shameh

Pronunciation

shawAmeh'

Parts of Speech

n m

Root Word (Etymology)

from an unused root meaning to be lofty

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2407a

KJV Translation Count — 420x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: heaven (398), air (21), astrologers 1895 (1)

Outline of Biblical Usage

1. heaven, heavens, sky
a. visible heavens, sky
1. as abode of the stars
2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
b. Heaven (as the abode of God)

Strong's Definitions

shamayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular shameh, shaw-meh'; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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): — air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).

Concordance Results Using KJV

In the beginning God created the H8064 and the earth.

KJV

And God called the firmament H8064. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

KJV

And God said, Let the waters under the H8064 be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

KJV

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the H8064 to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

KJV

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the H8064 to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

KJV

And God set them in the firmament of the H8064 to give light upon the earth,

KJV

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of H8064.

KJV

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the H8064, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

KJV

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the H8064, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

KJV

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the H8064, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

KJV

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