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Lexicon :: Strong's H8065 - šᵊmayin

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שְׁמַיִן
Transliteration
šᵊmayin
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'-yin
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to שָׁמַיִם (H8064)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 3038

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמַיִן shâmayin, shaw-mah'-yin; (Aramaic) corresponding to H8064:—heaven.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H8065 in the following manner: heaven (38x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H8065 in the following manner: heaven (38x).

  1. heaven, heavens, sky

    1. visible sky

    2. Heaven (as abode of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁמַיִן shâmayin, shaw-mah'-yin; (Aramaic) corresponding to H8064:—heaven.
STRONGS H8065: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [שְׁמַ֫יִן] noun masculine plural heavens (Biblical Hebrew H8064 [שָׁמַי], שָׁמַיִם, √ שׁמה); — always emphatic שְׁמַיָּא :
1. visible sky Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 4:8 [Daniel 4:11]; Daniel 4:10 [Daniel 4:13]; Daniel 4:17 [Daniel 4:20]; Daniel 4:19 [Daniel 4:22]; Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23]; Daniel 4:27 [Daniel 4:30]; Daniel 4:28 [Daniel 4:31]; עוֺף שׁ׳ Daniel 2:38; שׁ׳ צִפֲּרֵי Daniel 4:9 [Daniel 4:12]; Daniel 4:18 [Daniel 4:21]; טַל שׁ׳ Daniel 4:12 [Daniel 4:15]; Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23]; Daniel 4:22 [Daniel 4:25]; Daniel 4:30 [Daniel 4:33]; Daniel 5:21; רוּחֵי שׁ׳ Daniel 7:2 winds of the sky; עֲנָנֵי שׁ׳ Daniel 7:13; heavens + earth = universe Jeremiah 10:11, where God shews signs Daniel 6:28 [Daniel 6:27].
2. heavens as abode of God Daniel 2:28; Daniel 4:31 [Daniel 4:34], hence, figurative, as ruling Daniel 4:23 [Daniel 4:26] (שׁ׳ sometimes = God in Late Hebrew, J, Aramaic, DWorte Jesu 179; Eng.Tr.218 f.); as abode of angels Daniel 4:32 [Daniel 4:35] (Dr); elsewhere in phrase אֱלָהּ שׁ׳ Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:19, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:44; Ezra 5:11; Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21; Ezra 7:23 (twice in verse), מֶלֶךְ שׁ׳ Daniel 4:34 [Daniel 4:37], מָרֵא שׁ׳ Daniel 5:23.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

5:11; 5:12; 6:9; 6:10; 7:12; 7:21; 7:23

Jeremiah

10:11; 10:11

Daniel

2:18; 2:19; 2:28; 2:37; 2:38; 2:44; 4:11; 4:12; 4:13; 4:15; 4:20; 4:21; 4:22; 4:23; 4:23; 4:25; 4:26; 4:30; 4:31; 4:33; 4:34; 4:35; 4:37; 5:21; 5:23; 6:27; 7:2; 7:13

H8065

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Strong's Number H8065 matches the Hebrew שְׁמַיִן (šᵊmayin),
which occurs 38 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11 - They responded to us in the following way: 'We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king of Israel built it and completed it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - But after our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he delivered them into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - Whatever is needed - whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by the priests who are in Jerusalem - must be given to them daily without any neglect,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - "Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - "I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you -

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - Everything that the God of heaven has required should be precisely done for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should there be wrath against the empire of the king and his sons?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - You people of Israel should tell those nations this: 'These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - He asked them to pray for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he and his friends would not be destroyed along with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:19 - Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed are as follows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37 - "You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:38 - Wherever human beings, wild animals, and birds of the sky live - he has given them into your power. He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:11 - The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:12 - Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful; on it there was food enough for all. Under it the wild animals used to seek shade, and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest. All creatures used to feed themselves from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:13 - While I was watching in my mind's visions on my bed, a holy sentinel came down from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - But leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the animals in the grass of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:20 - The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen in all the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:21 - whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest -

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:22 - it is you, O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him' -

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven rules.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - While these words were still on the king's lips, a voice came down from heaven: "It is hereby announced to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle's feathers, and his nails like a bird's claws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, 'What have you done?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone - gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:27 - He rescues and delivers and performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2 - Daniel explained: "I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - I was watching in the night visions, "And with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man was approaching. He went up to the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - Then the kingdom, authority, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be delivered to the people of the holy ones of the Most High. His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; all authorities will serve him and obey him.'
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