Strong's H8065 (Aramaic)

Aramaic: שָׁמַיִן (shâmayin)

Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yin

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim) [H8064]

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: heaven.

Senses

1. heaven, heavens, sky
1. visible sky
2. Heaven (as abode of God)

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.