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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 8 / 8 (Jer 51:16–Mal 3:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 -

When He utters His voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens H8064,

And He makes the clouds ascend from the end of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain

And brings out wind from His storehouses.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48 -

“Then heaven H8064 and earth and everything that is in them

Will shout for joy over Babylon,

Because the destroyers will come to her from the north,”

Declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:53 -

“Though Babylon ascends to the heavens H8064,

And though she fortifies [fn]her lofty stronghold,

Destroyers will come from Me to her,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:1 -

How the Lord has [fn]covered the daughter of Zion

With a cloud in His anger!

He has hurled

The glory of Israel from heaven H8064 to earth,

And has not remembered His footstool

In the day of His anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:41 -

We raise our heart [fn]and hands

Toward God in heaven H8064;

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:50 -

Until the LORD looks down

And sees from heaven H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:66 -

You will pursue them in anger and eliminate them

From under the heavens H8064 of the LORD!

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 -

Our pursuers were swifter

Than the eagles of the sky H8064;

They chased us on the mountains,

They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:1 -

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens H8064 were opened and I saw [fn]visions of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3 - And He extended the form of a hand and took me by the hair of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven H8064 and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the [fn]north gate of the inner courtyard, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 -

“I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your [fn]canals;

You will fall on the [fn]open field; you will not be brought together or [fn]gathered.

I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 -

‘All the birds of the sky H8064 nested in its twigs,

And under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth,

And all great nations lived under its shade.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:13 - “All the birds of the sky H8064 will nest on its fallen trunk, and all the animals of the field will [fn]rest on its fallen branches,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4 -

“I will leave you on the land;

I will hurl you on the [fn]open field.

And I will cause all the birds of the sky H8064 to [fn]nest on you,

And I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth [fn]with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:7 -

“And when I extinguish you,

I will cover the heavens H8064 and darken their stars;

I will cover the sun with a cloud

And the moon will not give its light.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:8 -

“All the shining lights in the heavens H8064

I will darken over you

And will set darkness on your land,”

Declares the Lord GOD.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - “The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky H8064, the animals of the field, all the crawling things that crawl on the earth, and all mankind who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; and the mountains will be thrown down, the steep pathways will [fn]collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:8 - Then the male goat made himself exceedingly great. But once he became powerful, the large horn was broken; and in its place four prominent horns came up toward the four winds of heaven H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - It grew up to the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights, and some of the [fn]lights, [fn]that is, some of the stars it threw down to the earth, and it trampled them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:12 - “So He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our [fn]rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great disaster; for under the entire heaven H8064 there has not been done anything like what was done in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:4 - “But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four [fn]points of the compass H8064, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, because his sovereignty will be removed and given to others besides [fn]them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, [fn]as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven H8064, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a [fn]time, [fn]times, and half a [fn]time; and as soon as [fn]they finish smashing the [fn]power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 -

“On that day I will also make a covenant for them

With the animals of the field,

The birds of the sky H8064,

And the crawling things of the ground.

And I will [fn]eliminate the bow, the sword, and war from the land,

And will let them lie down in safety.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:21 -

“And it will come about on that day that I will respond,” declares the LORD.

“I will respond to the heavens H8064, and they will respond to the earth,

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 -

Therefore the land mourns,

And everyone who lives in it languishes

Along with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky H8064,

And even the fish of the sea [fn]disappear.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 -

When they go, I will spread My net over them;

I will bring them down like the birds of the sky H8064.

I will discipline them in accordance with the [fn]proclamation to their assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:10 -

Before them the earth quakes,

The heavens H8064 tremble,

The sun and the moon become dark,

And the stars lose their brightness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:30 -

“I will [fn]display wonders in the sky H8064 and on the earth,

Blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16 -

The LORD roars from Zion

And utters His voice from Jerusalem,

And the heavens H8064 and the earth quake.

But the LORD is a refuge for His people,

And a stronghold for the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:2 -

“Though they dig into Sheol,

From there My hand will take them;

And though they ascend to heaven H8064,

From there I will bring them down.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:6 -

The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens H8064

And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,

He who calls for the waters of the sea

And pours them out on the face of the earth,

The LORD is His name.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:9 - So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the LORD God of heaven H8064 who made the sea and the dry land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 -

You have made your traders more numerous than the stars of heaven H8064

The creeping locust sheds its skin and flies away.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:3 -

God comes from Teman,

And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah

His splendor covers the heavens H8064,

And the earth is full of His praise.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 -

“I will remove human and animal life;

I will remove the birds of the sky H8064

And the fish of the sea,

And the [fn]ruins along with the wicked;

And I will eliminate mankind from the face of the [fn]earth,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 -

“And those who bow down on the housetops to the heavenly H8064 [fn]lights,

And those who bow down and swear to the LORD, but also swear by [fn]Milcom,

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:10 - “Therefore, because of you the sky H8064 has withheld [fn]its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6 - “For this is what the LORD of armies says: ‘Once more [fn]in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens H8064 and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to shake the heavens H8064 and the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:6 -

[fn]You there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “because I have spread you out like the four winds of the heavens H8064,” declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of the stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens H8064.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:5 - The angel replied to me, “These are the four spirits of heaven H8064, going out after taking their stand before the Lord of all the earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:12 - ‘For there will be the seed of peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the heavens H8064 will provide their dew; and I will give to the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1 -

The pronouncement of the word of the LORD concerning Israel:

The LORD who stretches out the heavens H8064, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of a person within him, declares:

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and put Me to the test now in this,” says the LORD of armies, “if I do not open for you the windows of heaven H8064 and pour out for you a blessing until [fn]it overflows.

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