Strongs Number: H8064
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁמַיִם
- Transliteration
- shâmayim
- Phonetic
- shaw-mah'-yim
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
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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)
- BDB Definition
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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)
- Origin
- The second form being dual of an unused singular
- Bible Usage
- {air} X-(idiom) {astrologer} heaven (-s).