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Lexicon :: Strong's H8064 - šāmayim

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שָׁמַיִם
Transliteration
šāmayim
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'-yim
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be lofty
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2407a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; 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, × astrologer, heaven(-s).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 420x

The KJV translates Strong's H8064 in the following manner: heaven (398x), air (21x), astrologers (with H1895) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 420x
The KJV translates Strong's H8064 in the following manner: heaven (398x), air (21x), astrologers (with H1895) (1x).
  1. heaven, heavens, sky

    1. visible heavens, sky

      1. as abode of the stars

      2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc

    2. Heaven (as the abode of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; 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, × astrologer, heaven(-s).
STRONGS H8064: Abbreviations
[שָׁמַי] noun masculineDeuteronomy 33:28 only plural שָׁמַ֫יִם 421 (Sta§324 a) heavens, sky (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šamû plural šamê, šamûtu, also šamâmu, compare Phoenician שמם; Sabean סמה HomChr 46, 124; Arabic سَمَآءً Ethiopic ለማይ፡ Aramaic שְׁמַיָּא axYmw; Palmyrene, Nabataean שמ(י)ן in proper name (compounded with בעל) Lzb153 GACooke45; on plural form see BaZMG xiii (1888), 341 f.); — absolute שׁ׳ Genesis 1:1 +, מָ֑יִם - Genesis 2:4 +; הַשָּׁמַ֫יְמָה Exodus 9:8 +; construct שְׁמֵי Deuteronomy 10:14 + 9 times; suffix שָׁמֶיךָ Psalm 8:4 + 2 times, שָׁמָיו Deuteronomy 33:28, שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19, with verb plural, Hosea 2:23; —
1.
a. visible heavens, sky, where stars, etc., are Judges 5:20; Genesis 15:5 (J), Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 1:14, 15, 17 (P), hence כּוֺכְבֵי הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 22:17 (JE) = + 9 times (usually as countless), (כָּלֿ) צְבָא הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 4:19; Jeremiah 8:2 + (צ׳1c; rarely of angels, צ׳1b; before which fowl fly Genesis 1:20 (P), compare Deuteronomy 4:17; Jeremiah 8:7; Proverbs 30:19, עוֺף הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 2:19 (J), Genesis 1:19 (P) + (עוֺף 1), שׁ׳ צִפֹּרPsalm 8:9, נִשְׁרֵי שׁ׳Lamentations 4:19; as רָקִיע (which see) Genesis 1:8 (P), Psalm 19:2, with waters beneath and above Genesis 1:9 (P, compare Genesis 1:7), Psalm 148:4, darkened with clouds 1 Kings 18:45, cleared by wind Job 26:13; whence comes rain Genesis 8:2 (J), Judges 5:4; Deuteronomy 11:11 +, and dew Genesis 27:28 (J), Genesis 27:39 (E), Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem) +. compare בִּרְכֹת שׁ׳Genesis 49:25 (poem in J), מֶגֶר שׁ׳Deuteronomy 33:13 (poem), but also (destructive) fire 2 Kings 1:10 (twice in verse); Job 1:16 + (see also 2a below); הֹבְרֵישׁ׳ Isaiah 47:13, i.e. astrologers, compare אוֺתוֺתהַשּׁ׳ Jeremiah 10:2; as high Genesis 11:4 (J), Amos 9:2 (opposed to שְׁאוֺל), Genesis 11:6 (opposed to אֶרֶץ) +, עַדלֵֿב הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 4:11;as over all the earth, תַּחַת (כָּלֿ)הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:19 (both P), Deuteronomy 2:25; Ecclesiastes 1:13 מִתַּחַת וגו׳ (of extermination) Exodus 17:14 (E), Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 9:14 +; specifically of Israel, שָׁמֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:23, שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19 (H); וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ בֵּין הַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 18:9 (hung from tree), 1 Chronicles 21:16 (of angel), compare Ezekiel 8:3 (Ezekiel in vision), Zechariah 5:9 (flying ephah); וְעַדקְֿצֵה מִקְּצֵה הַשּׁ׳ הַשּׁ׳ of limits of horizon Deuteronomy 4:32, compare Deuteronomy 30:4; Nehemiah 1:9; Psalm 19:7 as made by God Jeremiah 51:15 (opposed to תֵּבֵל), Psalm 8:4Deuteronomy 11:21; Job 14:12; Psalm 89:30; especiallyוְ(הָ)אָרֶץ (הַ)שּׁ׳ = universe (compare in Sabean, SabDenkmNo.41.42, l.3) Deuteronomy 3:24 Genesis 1:1 (P) + (especially Deuteronomy, Isa2, Psalms), + הַיָם Exodus 20:11; Haggai 2:6, etc., + מַיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ Exodus 20:4= Deuteronomy 5:8,.compare Proverbs 30:4, etc.; opposed to תְּהוֺם Proverbs 8:27 (+ אֶרֶץ Proverbs 8:29) חֲרָשִׁים וְהָאָרֶץ חֲרָשָׁה שׁ׳ as part of future glory Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22.
b. phrases are: אֲרֻבּוֺת הַשּׁ׳ (letting rain through) †Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2 (P), Malachi 3:10 (figurative), compare בַּשּׁ׳ א׳ הֲיַעֲשֶׂה י׳ 2 Kings 7:2, 19, so דַּלְתֵי שׁ׳Psalm 78:23 (for manna), compare דְָּגַן שׁ׳, Psalm 78:24, לֶחֶם שׁ׳Psalm 105:40; מוֺסְדוֺת הַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 22:8 (|| הָאָרֶץ; in || Psalm 18:8 חָרִים מ׳), עַמּוּרֵי שׁ׳ Job 26:11, חוּג שׁ׳ Job 22:14; towards the sky is הַשָּׁמַ֫יְמָה Joshua 8:20(J), Exodus 9:8, 10 (P), Job 2:12; Judges 13:20; Judges 20:40; 2 Chronicles 6:13; עַלהַֿשָּׁמַיִם Exodus 9:22, 23; Exodus 10:21, 22(all E), אֶלשֿׁ׳ Deuteronomy 32:40 (poem), Daniel 12:7, שׁ׳ alone 1 Kings 8:22, 54; Job 35:5; Proverbs 23:5.
2.
a. as abode of God (י׳) 1 Kings 8:30, 32Psalm 2:3; Isaiah 66:1, etc., compare רֹכֵבשׁ׳ Deuteronomy 33:26(poem), Psalm 68:34, whence he rains brimstone Genesis 19:24 (J), bread Exodus 16:4 (E), compare Nehemiah 9:15, casts hailstones Joshua 11:11 (E), talks with Israel Exodus 20:22 (E; Gi Exodus 20:19) +, compare Genesis 21:17; Genesis 22:11, 15 (E), looks down Deuteronomy 26:15 +, hears his people Psalm 20:7+ 10 times Chronicles, etc.; he thunders בַּשּׁ׳ 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalm 18:14,|| מִןשֿׁ׳ 2 Samuel 22:14; he bends (נטה) שׁ׳ to come down 2 Samuel 22:10= Psalm 18:10, compare Psalm 144:5 and (rend) Isaiah 63:19; נִמְּתְּחוּ הַשּׁ׳ Ezekiel 1:1 in vision of God, compare שַׁעַר הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 28:17 (E; + בֵּית אֱלֹהִים); though even שְׁמֵי הַשּׁ׳ the highest heuvens cannot hold him Deuteronomy 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 6:18, 2 Chronicles 2:5; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 148:4, שְׁמֵי שְׁמֵיקֶֿדֶם Psalm 68:34; he is called אֱלֹהֵי הַשּׁ׳ (post-exilic title) Ezra 1:2 2 Chronicles 36:23; + 11 times Ezra Nehemiah; Jonah 1:9 (compare Aramaic, Daniel 2:18, 19, 37, 44; in Genesis 24:7 add with Greek Version of the LXX וֵאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ, as Genesis 24:3), אֵלהַֿשׁ׳ Psalm 136:26; his sword is בַּשׁ׳ Isaiah 34:5, but also his חֶסֶד Psalm 36:6, צֶדֶק Psalm 85:12, אֱמוּנָח Psalm 89:3, his word fixed Psalm 119:89. — שׁ׳ are † שָׁמָיו (of Israel) Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem), † שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19; † שָׁמֶיךָ Psalm 8:4; Psalm 144:5, שְׁמֵי י׳ Lamentations 3:66, † קָדְשׁוֺ שׁ׳ Psalm 20:7.
†b. Elijah taken up הַשּׁ׳ in whirlwind 2 Kings 2:1, compare 2 Kings 2:11.
3. הַשּׁ׳ personified in various relations Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 2:12; Job 15:15; Psalm 19:2; Psalm 50:6 = Psalm 97:6; Psalm 89:6; Psalm 148:4.
†4. מְלֶכֶת הַשּׁ׳ see מ׳.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8065.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:1; 1:1; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:14; 1:15; 1:17; 1:19; 1:20; 2:4; 2:19; 6:17; 7:11; 7:19; 8:2; 8:2; 11:4; 11:6; 15:5; 19:24; 21:17; 22:11; 22:15; 22:17; 24:3; 24:7; 27:28; 27:39; 28:17; 49:25

Exodus

9:8; 9:8; 9:10; 9:22; 9:23; 10:21; 10:22; 16:4; 17:14; 20:4; 20:11; 20:19; 20:22

Leviticus

26:19; 26:19; 26:19

Deuteronomy

2:25; 3:24; 4:11; 4:17; 4:19; 4:19; 4:32; 5:8; 7:24; 9:14; 10:14; 10:14; 11:11; 11:21; 26:15; 28:23; 30:4; 32:40; 33:13; 33:26; 33:28; 33:28; 33:28; 33:28

Joshua

8:20; 11:11

Judges

5:4; 5:20; 13:20; 20:40

1 Samuel

2:10

2 Samuel

18:9; 22:8; 22:10; 22:14

1 Kings

8:22; 8:27; 8:30; 8:32; 8:54; 18:45

2 Kings

1:10; 2:1; 2:11; 7:2; 7:19

1 Chronicles

21:16

2 Chronicles

2:5; 6:13; 6:18; 36:23

Ezra

1:2

Nehemiah

1:9; 9:6; 9:15

Job

1:16; 2:12; 14:12; 15:15; 22:14; 26:11; 26:13; 35:5

Psalms

2:3; 8:4; 8:4; 8:4; 8:9; 18:8; 18:10; 18:14; 19:2; 19:2; 19:7; 20:7; 20:7; 36:6; 50:6; 68:34; 68:34; 78:23; 78:24; 85:12; 89:3; 89:6; 89:30; 97:6; 105:40; 119:89; 136:26; 144:5; 144:5; 148:4; 148:4; 148:4

Proverbs

8:27; 8:29; 23:5; 30:4; 30:19

Ecclesiastes

1:13

Isaiah

1:2; 34:5; 47:13; 63:19; 65:17; 66:1; 66:22

Jeremiah

2:12; 8:2; 8:7; 10:2; 51:15

Lamentations

3:66; 4:19

Ezekiel

1:1; 8:3

Daniel

2:18; 2:19; 2:37; 2:44; 12:7

Hosea

2:23

Amos

9:2

Jonah

1:9

Haggai

2:6

Zechariah

5:9

Malachi

3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8064 matches the Hebrew שָׁמַיִם (šāmayim),
which occurs 421 times in 395 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 8 (2Ch 6:14–Job 28:21)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:14 - And he said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven H8064 or on earth, keeping covenant and lovingkindness to Your slaves who walk before You with all their heart;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:18 -

“But will God truly dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven H8064 and the [fn]highest H8064 heaven H8064 cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:21 - “And listen to the supplications of Your slave and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; listen from Your dwelling place, from heaven H8064; listen and forgive.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:23 - then listen from heaven H8064 and act and judge Your slaves, [fn]punishing the wicked by [fn]bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by [fn]bringing him reward according to his righteousness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:25 - then listen from heaven H8064 and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 -

“When the heavens H8064 are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then listen in heaven H8064 and forgive the sin of Your slaves and of Your people Israel; indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30 - then listen from heaven H8064 Your dwelling place, and forgive, and give to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:33 - then listen from heaven H8064, from Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name even to [fn]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called upon this house which I have built.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:35 - then listen from heaven H8064 to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:39 - then listen from heaven H8064, from Your dwelling place, to their prayer and supplications, and do justice for them and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:1 -

Now when Solomon had [fn]finished praying, fire came down from heaven H8064 and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of Yahweh filled the house.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - “If I shut up the heavens H8064 so that there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - and My people [fn]who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will listen from heaven H8064, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 -

Then Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of Yahweh. I saw Yahweh sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven H8064 standing on His right and on His left.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:6 - and he said, “O Yahweh, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens H8064? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can take their stand against You.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the army which came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because of the wrath of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, against Judah, He has given them into your hand, and you have killed them in a rage which has even reached heaven H8064.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy habitation, to heaven H8064.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:20 -

But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven H8064.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - Indeed, he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had torn down; and he erected altars for the Baals and made [fn]Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven H8064 and served them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:5 - Indeed, he built altars for all the host of heaven H8064 in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23 - “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia,

‘Yahweh, the God of heaven H8064, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up!’”

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:2 -

“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia,

‘Yahweh, the God of heaven H8064, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have multiplied above our heads and our guilt has become great even to the heavens H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 -

Now it happened that when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - I said, “I beseech You, O [fn]Yahweh, the God of heaven H8064, the great and fearsome God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been banished were at the ends of the sky H8064, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen to cause My name to dwell.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:4 - Then the king said to me, “What would you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20 - So I responded to them with a word and said to them, “The God of heaven H8064 will give us success; therefore we His slaves will arise and build, but you have no portion, right, or remembrance in Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6 -

“You alone are Yahweh.

You have made the heavens H8064,

The heaven H8064 of heavens H8064 with all their host,

The earth and all that is on it,

The seas and all that is in them.

You give life to all of them

And the heavenly H8064 host bows down to You.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 -

“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,

And spoke with them from heaven H8064;

You gave them upright judgments and true laws,

Good statutes and commandments.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 -

“You gave bread from heaven H8064 for them for their hunger,

You brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst,

And You said to them to enter in order to possess

The land which You [fn]swore to give them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:23 -

“You made their sons numerous as the stars of heaven H8064,

And You brought them into the land

Which You had said for their fathers to enter and possess.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 -

“Therefore You gave them into the hand of the ones who distressed them, and they afflicted them with distress,

But at the time of their distress they cried to You,

And You listened from heaven H8064, and according to Your abundant compassion

You gave them saviors and they saved them from the hand of the ones that distressed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 -

“But as soon as they had rest, they returned to do evil before You;

Therefore You forsook them in the hand of their enemies, so they had dominion over them.

Then they returned and cried to You. And You listened from heaven H8064,

And many times You delivered them according to Your compassion,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While this one was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven H8064 and burned up the sheep and the young men and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - Then they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, and they lifted up their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe, and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 -

Who alone stretches out the heavens H8064,

And [fn]tramples down the waves of the sea;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:8 -

They are high as [fn]the heavens H8064, what can you do?

Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7 -

“But now ask the beasts, and let them instruct you;

And the birds of the sky H8064, and let them tell you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 -

So man lies down and does not rise.

Until the heavens H8064 are no longer,

[fn]He will not awake nor be aroused out of [fn]his sleep.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 -

“Behold, He puts no faith in His holy ones,

And the heavens H8064 are not pure in His sight;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:19 -

“Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven H8064,

And my [fn]advocate is on high.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 -

“Though his loftiness goes up to the heavens H8064,

And his head touches the clouds,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:27 -

“The heavens H8064 will reveal his iniquity,

And the earth will rise up against him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:12 -

“Is not God in the height of heaven H8064?

Look also at the [fn]distant stars, how high they are!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 -

‘Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;

And He walks on the [fn]vault of heaven H8064.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:11 -

“The pillars of heaven H8064 tremble

And are astonished at His rebuke.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:13 -

“By His breath the heavens H8064 are made beautiful;

His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:21 -

“Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living

And concealed from the birds of the sky H8064.


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