What does οὐράνιος (ouránios) mean in the Bible?
οὐράνιος (ouránios): Describes what belongs to or originates from heaven itself, emphasizing divine origin rather than merely celestial location
Greek · G3770
οὐράνιος
Heavenly
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οὐράνιος G3770
Pronunciation ouránios
What does οὐράνιος (ouránios) mean in the Bible?
οὐράνιος (ouránios): Describes what belongs to or originates from heaven itself, emphasizing divine origin rather than merely celestial location
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3770?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include heavenly (7), in heaven (1), of [the] heavenly (1).
Where does οὐράνιος (ouránios) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:48. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (7), Acts (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It heavenly 7× Matthew 5:48, Matthew 6:14, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 6:32
in heaven 1× Matthew 23:9
of [the] heavenly 1× Luke 2:13
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:48 οὐράνιος to heavenly Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 6:14 οὐράνιος to heavenly Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 6:26 οὐράνιος to heavenly Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 6:32 οὐράνιος to heavenly Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 15:13 οὐράνιος to heavenly Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 18:35 οὐράνιος to heavenly Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 23:9 οὐράνιος to in heaven Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 2:13 οὐρανίου to of [the] heavenly Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Acts 26:19 οὐρανίῳ to heavenly Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:48
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 3
Matthew 7 Luke 1 Acts 1
Source forms
οὐράνιος 7x ouranios Matthew 5:48, Matthew 6:14, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 6:32
οὐρανίου 1x ouraniou Luke 2:13
οὐρανίῳ 1x ouraniō Acts 26:19
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 7x Matthew 5:48, Matthew 6:14, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 6:32
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 26:19
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Luke 2:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Describes what belongs to or originates from heaven itself, emphasizing divine origin rather than merely celestial location
Strong's G3770
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 5:48 Source Gloss
heavenly
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Describes what belongs to or originates from heaven itself, emphasizing divine origin rather than merely celestial location
(cl. usually -α, -ον), [in LXX: Deu.28:12 A (שָׁמַיִם), etc. ;] of or in heaven, heavenly: Mat.5:48 6:14, 26 6:32 15:13 18:35 23:9, Luk.2:13, Act.26:19.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:14 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
οὐράνιος· ouraniov
heavenly
Read verse Matthew 6:26 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
οὐράνιος ouraniov
heavenly
Read verse Matthew 6:32 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
οὐράνιος ouraniov
heavenly
Read verse Matthew 15:13 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
οὐράνιος, ouraniov
heavenly
Read verse Luke 2:13 Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
οὐρανίου, ouraniou
heavenly
Read verse Acts 26:19 Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
οὐρανίῳ ouraniw
heavenly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Nominative (7) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:48 · Matt 6:14 · Matt 6:26 · Matt 6:32 · Matt 15:13 · Matt 18:35 · Matt 23:9 7×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:13 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 26:19 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
God characterized as perfect, dwelling in heaven, model for moral perfection
God as Father in heaven, the one who grants forgiveness to those who forgive
God described as Father in heaven, planter of all things according to divine will
Vision or appearance from heaven, divine origin of apostolic commission and calling
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
οὐράνιος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain