Heaven
שָׁמַ֫יִןStrong’s H8065shamayin (sha-ma-yin)
Appears in 35 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shamayin is the Aramaic word usually translated “heavens the”. It appears in 35 verses of the Old Testament.
“That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.”
Meaning
- Heaven, heavens, skyvisible sky · Heaven (as abode of God)
How it's translated
- heavens the 32
- to heavens the 4
- in heavens the 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 27
- Ezra 7
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:19In contextThen was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
- Daniel 2:28In contextBut there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
- Daniel 2:37In contextThou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
- Daniel 2:38In contextAnd wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
- Daniel 2:44In contextAnd in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
- Daniel 4:11In contextThe tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
Aramaic dictionary
שָׁמַ֫יִן shamayin · heaven
1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible sky 1b) Heaven (as abode of God)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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.
- 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.
- Among christians, the part of space in which the omnipresent Jehovah is supposed to afford more sensible manifestations of his glory. Deuteronomy 26:15
- Among pagans, the residence of the celestial gods.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- The Supreme Power; the Sovereign of heaven; god; as prophets sent by heaven“I have sinned against heaven” Luke 15:18
- The pagan deities; celestials.
- Elevation; sublimity.
- 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.