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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; —
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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׳ צִפֹּר † Psalm 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 8:4 — Deuteronomy 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.
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a. as abode of God (י׳) 1 Kings 8:30, 32 — Psalm 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

H8064

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

Page 5 / 8 (Job 28:24–Psa 102:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:24 - For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Look unto the heavens, H8064 and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:11 - Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - He directeth it under the whole heaven, H8064 and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:29 - Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, H8064 who hath gendered it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:33 - Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? H8064 canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:37 - Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:11 - Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven H8064 is mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:4 - He that sitteth in the heavens H8064 shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.]] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:3 - When I consider thy heavens, H8064 the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - The fowl of the air, H8064 and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: H8064 his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - The LORD looked down from heaven H8064 upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:9 - He bowed the heavens H8064 also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 - The LORD also thundered in the heavens, H8064 and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:1 - [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] The heavens H8064 declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:6 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, H8064 and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:6 - Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven H8064 with the saving strength of his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:6 - By the word of the LORD were the heavens H8064 made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:13 - The LORD looketh from heaven; H8064 he beholdeth all the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:5 - Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; H8064 and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4 - He shall call to the heavens H8064 from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:6 - And the heavens H8064 shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - God looked down from heaven H8064 upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - He shall send from heaven, H8064 and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:5 - Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; H8064 let thy glory be above all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:10 - For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, H8064 and thy truth unto the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:11 - Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: H8064 let thy glory be above all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 - The earth shook, the heavens H8064 also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 - To him that rideth upon the heavens H8064 of heavens, H8064 which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34 - Let the heaven H8064 and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:9 - They set their mouth against the heavens, H8064 and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:25 - Whom have I in heaven H8064 but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:8 - Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; H8064 the earth feared, and was still,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:23 - Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24 - And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:26 - He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: H8064 and by his power he brought in the south wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 - The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, H8064 the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:14 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, H8064 and behold, and visit this vine;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:2 - For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:5 - And the heavens H8064 shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - The heavens H8064 are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:29 - His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 - For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 - Let the heavens H8064 rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:6 - The heavens H8064 declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:19 - For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven H8064 did the LORD behold the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:25 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens H8064 are the work of thy hands.

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