Shamayim שָׁמַיִם

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Shamayim
שָׁמַיִם
Transliterationshamayim
Strong's numberH8064
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossheaven
Occurrences421 in 395 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (70)

Shamayim (Hebrew שָׁמַיִם, Strong's H8064) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “heaven”. It occurs 421 times in 395 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVheaven (289), heavens (109), air (21)
BSBheaven (153), heavens (127), air (41), sky (29), o heavens (6), skies (6), toward heaven (3), is in heaven (3), up to heaven (2), into the air (2), i call heaven (2), horizon (2), and 27 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Shamayim occurs in 395 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (39): 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

Exodus (14): 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

Leviticus (1): 26:19

Deuteronomy (38): 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

Joshua (4): 2:11, 8:20, 10:11, 10:13

Judges (4): 5:4, 5:20, 13:20, 20:40

1 Samuel (4): 2:10, 5:12, 17:44, 17:46

2 Samuel (5): 18:9, 21:10, 22:8, 22:10, 22:14

1 Kings (18): 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

2 Kings (14): 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

1 Chronicles (6): 16:26, 16:31, 21:16, 21:26, 27:23, 29:11

2 Chronicles (25): 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

Ezra (2): 1:2, 9:6

Nehemiah (11): 1:4, 1:5, 1:9, 2:4, 2:20, 9:6, 9:13, 9:15, 9:23, 9:27, 9:28

Job (23): 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

Psalms (70): 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

Proverbs (6): 3:19, 8:27, 23:5, 25:3, 30:4, 30:19

Ecclesiastes (5): 1:13, 2:3, 3:1, 5:2, 10:20

Isaiah (31): 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

Jeremiah (33): 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

Lamentations (5): 2:1, 3:41, 3:50, 3:66, 4:19

Ezekiel (9): 1:1, 8:3, 29:5, 31:6, 31:13, 32:4, 32:7, 32:8, 38:20

Daniel (5): 8:8, 8:10, 9:12, 11:4, 12:7

Hosea (4): 2:18, 2:21, 4:3, 7:12

Joel (3): 2:10, 2:30, 3:16

Amos (2): 9:2, 9:6

Jonah (1): 1:9

Nahum (1): 3:16

Habakkuk (1): 3:3

Zephaniah (2): 1:3, 1:5

Haggai (3): 1:10, 2:6, 2:21

Zechariah (5): 2:6, 5:9, 6:5, 8:12, 12:1

Malachi (1): 3:10

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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