What does שָׁמַיִם · οὐρανός mean in the Bible?
שָׁמַיִם · οὐρανός is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the sky or cosmic heavens above the earth".
Hebrew · H8064, G3772
שָׁמַיִם
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) · heaven
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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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οὐρανός G3772 heaven
Pronunciation ouranós
Heaven signifies both the physical sky and God's transcendent dwelling place where divine rule operates.
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What does שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) mean in the Bible?
שָׁמַיִם · οὐρανός is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the sky or cosmic heavens above the earth".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8064, G3772?
H8064, G3772 is connected to 421 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. the sky or cosmic heavens above the earth
Strong's H8064, G3772
Lexical occurrences 421 verses Source Gloss
the sky or cosmic heavens above the earth
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
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