Strong's H8064 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim)

Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yim

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה (shâmeh); from an unused root meaning to be lofty

Definition: 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)

KJV Renderings: air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s)

Senses

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)

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