What does קָצֶה · שָׁמַיִם mean in the Bible?
קָצֶה · שָׁמַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "from extremity to extremity of the heavens".
Hebrew · H7097, H8064
לְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד־קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם
An extremity · 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)
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קָצֶה H7097 an extremity
Pronunciation qāṣeh
Boundary or terminus point, ranging from physical edge to abstract limit or conclusion.
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שָׁמַיִם H8064 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)
Pronunciation šāmayim
The visible sky-dome and transcendent realm above, unified in dual form; God's dwelling and cosmic order combined
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What does לְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד־קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם (lemiqtseh hashamayim veʿad qetseh hashamayim) mean in the Bible?
קָצֶה · שָׁמַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "from extremity to extremity of the heavens".
Full entry for לְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד־קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם (H7097, H8064) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7097, H8064?
H7097, H8064 is connected to 518 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. from extremity to extremity of the heavens
Strong's H7097, H8064
Lexical occurrences 518 verses Source Gloss
from extremity to extremity of the heavens
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
לְמִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם וְעַד־קְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם is built from these roots:
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