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Heaven

οὐρανόςStrong’s G3772

ouranos

Appears in 261 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ouranos is the Greek word usually translated “heaven”, “heavens” and “air”. It appears in 261 verses of the New Testament.

“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,”
2 Thessalonians 1:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “heaven”, “heavens” and “air”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • heaven 158
  • heavens 92
  • of heaven 12
  • air 8
  • sky 8
  • of the heavens 1
  • o heaven 1
  • a heaven 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 72
  • Revelation 51
  • Luke 35
  • Acts 24
  • Mark 19
  • John 16

20 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 261 verses, by book
Romans 2
1:1810:6
1 Corinthians 2
8:515:47
2 Corinthians 3
5:15:212:2
Galatians 1
1:8
Ephesians 4
1:103:154:106:9
Philippians 1
3:20
Colossians 5
1:51:161:201:234:1
1 Thessalonians 2
1:104:16
2 Thessalonians 1
1:7
James 2
5:125:18
1 Peter 3
1:41:123:22
1 John 1
5:7
Greek dictionary

οὐρανός ouranos · heaven

οὐρανός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for שָׁמַיִם (hence, often pl., οἱ οὐ., see infr.) ;] heaven; 1. of the vault or firmament of heaven, the sky and the aerial regions above the earth: opposite to ἡ γῆ, Heb.1:10, 2Pe.3:5, 10; ὁ οὐ. καὶ ἡ γῆ, i.e. the world, the universe, Mat.5:18, Mrk.13:31, Luk.10:21, Act.4:24, Rev.10:6, al.; ἀπ᾽ ἄκρων οὐ. ἕως ἄ. αὐτῶν (on the absence of art. aft. prep., see Bl, §46, 5), Mat.24:31; ὑπὸ τὸν οὐ., Act.2:5, Col.1:23; ὑψωθῆναι ἕως τοῦ οὐ., figuratively, Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15; σημεῖον ἐκ τοῦ οὐ., Mat.16:1, Mrk.8:11, al.; αἱ νεφέλαι, Mat.24:30, al.; τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ ο …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “heaven” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HEAVEN, noun

hev'n.

  1. The region or expanse which surrounds the earth, and which appears above and around us, like an immense arch or vault, in which are seen the sun, moon and stars.
  2. Among christians, the part of space in which the omnipresent Jehovah is supposed to afford more sensible manifestations of his glory. Deuteronomy 26:15
  3. Among pagans, the residence of the celestial gods.
  4. The sky or air; the region of the atmosphere; or an elevated place; in a very indefinite sense. Jeremiah 9:10Job 35:11“Their cities are walled to heaven” Deuteronomy 1:28
All definitions
  1. The Hebrews acknowledged three heavens; the air or aerial heavens; the firmament in which the stars are supposed to be placed; and the heaven of heavens, or third heaven the residence of Jehovah.
  2. Modern philosophers divide the expanse above and around the earth into two parts, the atmosphere or aerial heaven and the etherial heaven beyond the region of the air, in which there is supposed to be a thin, unresisting medium called ether.
  3. The Supreme Power; the Sovereign of heaven; god; as prophets sent by heaven“I have sinned against heaven” Luke 15:18
  4. The pagan deities; celestials.
  5. Elevation; sublimity.
  6. Supreme felicity; great happiness.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.