What does שָׁמַיִם · אֶרֶץ mean in the Bible?
שָׁמַיִם · אֶרֶץ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "heaven and earth".
Hebrew · H8064, H776
הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ
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) · the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
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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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אֶרֶץ H776 the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Pronunciation erets
Physical ground and soil extend metaphorically to inhabited territory, nation, and cosmic order under divine rule.
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What does הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ (hashamayim veha'arets) mean in the Bible?
שָׁמַיִם · אֶרֶץ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "heaven and earth".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8064, H776?
H8064, H776 is connected to 2,926 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. heaven and earth
Strong's H8064, H776
Lexical occurrences 2,926 verses Source Gloss
heaven and 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