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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 74 times in 70 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 2:4–Psa 108:5)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:4 -

He who [fn]sits in the heavens H8064 laughs,

The Lord mocks them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 -

For the choir director. According to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

O Yahweh, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth,

Who [fn]displays Your splendor above the heavens H8064!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 -

When I see Your heavens H8064, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have established;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 -

The birds of the heavens H8064 and the fish of the sea,

Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 -

Yahweh is in His holy temple; [fn]Yahweh’s throne is in heaven H8064;

His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 -

Yahweh looks down from heaven H8064 upon the sons of men

To see if there is anyone who [fn]has insight,

Anyone who seeks after God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9 -

He bowed the heavens H8064 and came down

With thick darkness under His feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 -

Yahweh also thundered in the heavens H8064,

And the Most High gave forth His voice,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

The heavens H8064 are telling of the glory of God;

And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:6 -

Its rising is from [fn]one end of the heavens H8064,

And its circuit to the [fn]other end of them;

And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:6 -

Now I know that Yahweh saves His anointed;

He will answer him from His holy heaven H8064

With the [fn]saving might of His right hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:6 -

By the word of Yahweh the heavens H8064 were made,

And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:13 -

Yahweh looks from heaven H8064;

He sees all the sons of men;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:5 -

Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, is in the heavens H8064,

Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4 -

He calls the heavens H8064 above,

And the earth, to render justice to His people:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:6 -

And the heavens H8064 declare His righteousness,

For God Himself is judge. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 -

God looks down from heaven H8064 upon the sons of men

To see if there is anyone who has insight,

Anyone who seeks after God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 -

He will send from heaven H8064 and save me;

He reproaches him who [fn]tramples upon me. [fn]Selah.

God will send His lovingkindness and His [fn]truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:5 -

Be exalted above the heavens H8064, O God;

Let Your glory be above all the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:10 -

For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens H8064

And Your [fn]truth to the skies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:11 -

Be exalted above the heavens H8064, O God;

Let Your glory be above all the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 -

The earth quaked;

The heavens H8064 also dripped rain at the presence of God;

[fn]Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 -

To Him who rides upon the [fn]highest H8064 heavens H8064, which are from ancient times;

Behold, He gives forth His voice, a voice that is strong.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34 -

Let heaven H8064 and earth praise Him,

The seas and everything that moves in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:9 -

They have set their mouth [fn]against the heavens H8064,

And their tongue goes through the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:25 -

Whom have I in heaven H8064 but You?

And [fn]besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:8 -

You made Your cause to be heard from heaven H8064;

The earth feared and was quiet

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:23 -

Yet He commanded the skies above

And opened the doors of heaven H8064;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24 -

He rained down manna upon them to eat

And gave them grain from heaven H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26 -

He led forth the east wind in the heavens H8064

And by His strength He guided the south wind.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 -

They have given the dead bodies of Your slaves for food to the birds of the heavens H8064,

The flesh of Your holy ones to the beasts of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:14 -

O God of hosts, return now, we beseech You;

Look down from heaven H8064 and see, and visit this vine,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 -

[fn]Truth springs up from the earth,

And righteousness looks down from heaven H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:2 -

For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever;

In the heavens H8064 You will establish Your faithfulness.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:5 -

The heavens H8064 will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh;

Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 -

The heavens H8064 are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The world and its fullness, You have founded them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:29 -

“So I will set up his seed to endure forever

And his throne as the days of heaven H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 -

For all the gods of the peoples are [fn]idols,

But Yahweh made the heavens H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 -

Let the heavens H8064 be glad, and let the earth rejoice;

Let the sea [fn]roar, as well as its fullness;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:6 -

The heavens H8064 declare His righteousness,

And all the peoples see His glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:19 -

For He looked down from His holy height;

From heaven H8064 Yahweh gazed [fn]upon the earth,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:25 -

“Of old You founded the earth,

And the heavens H8064 are the work of Your hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:11 -

For as high as the heavens H8064 are above the earth,

So great is His lovingkindness toward those who [fn]fear Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:19 -

Yahweh has established His throne in the heavens H8064,

And His kingdom rules over [fn]all.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:2 -

Wrapping Yourself with light as with a cloak,

Stretching out the heavens H8064 like a tent curtain.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:12 -

Above them the birds of the heavens H8064 dwell;

They give forth their voices among the branches.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:40 -

[fn]They asked, and He brought quail,

And He satisfied them with the [fn]bread of heaven H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26 -

They went up to the heavens H8064, they went down to the depths;

Their soul melted away in the [fn]calamity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:4 -

For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens H8064,

And Your truth reaches to the skies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:5 -

Be exalted above the heavens H8064, O God,

And Your glory above all the earth.


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