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Lexicon :: Strong's H8064 - šāmayim

Aa
שָׁמַיִם
Transliteration
šāmayim
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'-yim
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be lofty
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2407a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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):—air, × astrologer, heaven(-s).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 420x

The KJV translates Strong's H8064 in the following manner: heaven (398x), air (21x), astrologers (with H1895) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 420x
The KJV translates Strong's H8064 in the following manner: heaven (398x), air (21x), astrologers (with H1895) (1x).
  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)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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):—air, × astrologer, heaven(-s).
STRONGS H8064: Abbreviations
[שָׁמַי] noun masculineDeuteronomy 33:28 only plural שָׁמַ֫יִם 421 (Sta§324 a) heavens, sky (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian šamû plural šamê, šamûtu, also šamâmu, compare Phoenician שמם; Sabean סמה HomChr 46, 124; Arabic سَمَآءً Ethiopic ለማይ፡ Aramaic שְׁמַיָּא axYmw; Palmyrene, Nabataean שמ(י)ן in proper name (compounded with בעל) Lzb153 GACooke45; on plural form see BaZMG xiii (1888), 341 f.); — absolute שׁ׳ Genesis 1:1 +, מָ֑יִם - Genesis 2:4 +; הַשָּׁמַ֫יְמָה Exodus 9:8 +; construct שְׁמֵי Deuteronomy 10:14 + 9 times; suffix שָׁמֶיךָ Psalm 8:4 + 2 times, שָׁמָיו Deuteronomy 33:28, שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19, with verb plural, Hosea 2:23; —
1.
a. visible heavens, sky, where stars, etc., are Judges 5:20; Genesis 15:5 (J), Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 1:14, 15, 17 (P), hence כּוֺכְבֵי הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 22:17 (JE) = + 9 times (usually as countless), (כָּלֿ) צְבָא הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 4:19; Jeremiah 8:2 + (צ׳1c; rarely of angels, צ׳1b; before which fowl fly Genesis 1:20 (P), compare Deuteronomy 4:17; Jeremiah 8:7; Proverbs 30:19, עוֺף הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 2:19 (J), Genesis 1:19 (P) + (עוֺף 1), שׁ׳ צִפֹּרPsalm 8:9, נִשְׁרֵי שׁ׳Lamentations 4:19; as רָקִיע (which see) Genesis 1:8 (P), Psalm 19:2, with waters beneath and above Genesis 1:9 (P, compare Genesis 1:7), Psalm 148:4, darkened with clouds 1 Kings 18:45, cleared by wind Job 26:13; whence comes rain Genesis 8:2 (J), Judges 5:4; Deuteronomy 11:11 +, and dew Genesis 27:28 (J), Genesis 27:39 (E), Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem) +. compare בִּרְכֹת שׁ׳Genesis 49:25 (poem in J), מֶגֶר שׁ׳Deuteronomy 33:13 (poem), but also (destructive) fire 2 Kings 1:10 (twice in verse); Job 1:16 + (see also 2a below); הֹבְרֵישׁ׳ Isaiah 47:13, i.e. astrologers, compare אוֺתוֺתהַשּׁ׳ Jeremiah 10:2; as high Genesis 11:4 (J), Amos 9:2 (opposed to שְׁאוֺל), Genesis 11:6 (opposed to אֶרֶץ) +, עַדלֵֿב הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 4:11;as over all the earth, תַּחַת (כָּלֿ)הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:19 (both P), Deuteronomy 2:25; Ecclesiastes 1:13 מִתַּחַת וגו׳ (of extermination) Exodus 17:14 (E), Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 9:14 +; specifically of Israel, שָׁמֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:23, שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19 (H); וּבֵין הָאָרֶץ בֵּין הַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 18:9 (hung from tree), 1 Chronicles 21:16 (of angel), compare Ezekiel 8:3 (Ezekiel in vision), Zechariah 5:9 (flying ephah); וְעַדקְֿצֵה מִקְּצֵה הַשּׁ׳ הַשּׁ׳ of limits of horizon Deuteronomy 4:32, compare Deuteronomy 30:4; Nehemiah 1:9; Psalm 19:7 as made by God Jeremiah 51:15 (opposed to תֵּבֵל), Psalm 8:4Deuteronomy 11:21; Job 14:12; Psalm 89:30; especiallyוְ(הָ)אָרֶץ (הַ)שּׁ׳ = universe (compare in Sabean, SabDenkmNo.41.42, l.3) Deuteronomy 3:24 Genesis 1:1 (P) + (especially Deuteronomy, Isa2, Psalms), + הַיָם Exodus 20:11; Haggai 2:6, etc., + מַיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ Exodus 20:4= Deuteronomy 5:8,.compare Proverbs 30:4, etc.; opposed to תְּהוֺם Proverbs 8:27 (+ אֶרֶץ Proverbs 8:29) חֲרָשִׁים וְהָאָרֶץ חֲרָשָׁה שׁ׳ as part of future glory Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22.
b. phrases are: אֲרֻבּוֺת הַשּׁ׳ (letting rain through) †Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2 (P), Malachi 3:10 (figurative), compare בַּשּׁ׳ א׳ הֲיַעֲשֶׂה י׳ 2 Kings 7:2, 19, so דַּלְתֵי שׁ׳Psalm 78:23 (for manna), compare דְָּגַן שׁ׳, Psalm 78:24, לֶחֶם שׁ׳Psalm 105:40; מוֺסְדוֺת הַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 22:8 (|| הָאָרֶץ; in || Psalm 18:8 חָרִים מ׳), עַמּוּרֵי שׁ׳ Job 26:11, חוּג שׁ׳ Job 22:14; towards the sky is הַשָּׁמַ֫יְמָה Joshua 8:20(J), Exodus 9:8, 10 (P), Job 2:12; Judges 13:20; Judges 20:40; 2 Chronicles 6:13; עַלהַֿשָּׁמַיִם Exodus 9:22, 23; Exodus 10:21, 22(all E), אֶלשֿׁ׳ Deuteronomy 32:40 (poem), Daniel 12:7, שׁ׳ alone 1 Kings 8:22, 54; Job 35:5; Proverbs 23:5.
2.
a. as abode of God (י׳) 1 Kings 8:30, 32Psalm 2:3; Isaiah 66:1, etc., compare רֹכֵבשׁ׳ Deuteronomy 33:26(poem), Psalm 68:34, whence he rains brimstone Genesis 19:24 (J), bread Exodus 16:4 (E), compare Nehemiah 9:15, casts hailstones Joshua 11:11 (E), talks with Israel Exodus 20:22 (E; Gi Exodus 20:19) +, compare Genesis 21:17; Genesis 22:11, 15 (E), looks down Deuteronomy 26:15 +, hears his people Psalm 20:7+ 10 times Chronicles, etc.; he thunders בַּשּׁ׳ 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalm 18:14,|| מִןשֿׁ׳ 2 Samuel 22:14; he bends (נטה) שׁ׳ to come down 2 Samuel 22:10= Psalm 18:10, compare Psalm 144:5 and (rend) Isaiah 63:19; נִמְּתְּחוּ הַשּׁ׳ Ezekiel 1:1 in vision of God, compare שַׁעַר הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 28:17 (E; + בֵּית אֱלֹהִים); though even שְׁמֵי הַשּׁ׳ the highest heuvens cannot hold him Deuteronomy 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 6:18, 2 Chronicles 2:5; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 148:4, שְׁמֵי שְׁמֵיקֶֿדֶם Psalm 68:34; he is called אֱלֹהֵי הַשּׁ׳ (post-exilic title) Ezra 1:2 2 Chronicles 36:23; + 11 times Ezra Nehemiah; Jonah 1:9 (compare Aramaic, Daniel 2:18, 19, 37, 44; in Genesis 24:7 add with Greek Version of the LXX וֵאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ, as Genesis 24:3), אֵלהַֿשׁ׳ Psalm 136:26; his sword is בַּשׁ׳ Isaiah 34:5, but also his חֶסֶד Psalm 36:6, צֶדֶק Psalm 85:12, אֱמוּנָח Psalm 89:3, his word fixed Psalm 119:89. — שׁ׳ are † שָׁמָיו (of Israel) Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem), † שְׁמֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:19; † שָׁמֶיךָ Psalm 8:4; Psalm 144:5, שְׁמֵי י׳ Lamentations 3:66, † קָדְשׁוֺ שׁ׳ Psalm 20:7.
†b. Elijah taken up הַשּׁ׳ in whirlwind 2 Kings 2:1, compare 2 Kings 2:11.
3. הַשּׁ׳ personified in various relations Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 2:12; Job 15:15; Psalm 19:2; Psalm 50:6 = Psalm 97:6; Psalm 89:6; Psalm 148:4.
†4. מְלֶכֶת הַשּׁ׳ see מ׳.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8065.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:1; 1:1; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:14; 1:15; 1:17; 1:19; 1:20; 2:4; 2:19; 6:17; 7:11; 7:19; 8:2; 8:2; 11:4; 11:6; 15:5; 19:24; 21:17; 22:11; 22:15; 22:17; 24:3; 24:7; 27:28; 27:39; 28:17; 49:25

Exodus

9:8; 9:8; 9:10; 9:22; 9:23; 10:21; 10:22; 16:4; 17:14; 20:4; 20:11; 20:19; 20:22

Leviticus

26:19; 26:19; 26:19

Deuteronomy

2:25; 3:24; 4:11; 4:17; 4:19; 4:19; 4:32; 5:8; 7:24; 9:14; 10:14; 10:14; 11:11; 11:21; 26:15; 28:23; 30:4; 32:40; 33:13; 33:26; 33:28; 33:28; 33:28; 33:28

Joshua

8:20; 11:11

Judges

5:4; 5:20; 13:20; 20:40

1 Samuel

2:10

2 Samuel

18:9; 22:8; 22:10; 22:14

1 Kings

8:22; 8:27; 8:30; 8:32; 8:54; 18:45

2 Kings

1:10; 2:1; 2:11; 7:2; 7:19

1 Chronicles

21:16

2 Chronicles

2:5; 6:13; 6:18; 36:23

Ezra

1:2

Nehemiah

1:9; 9:6; 9:15

Job

1:16; 2:12; 14:12; 15:15; 22:14; 26:11; 26:13; 35:5

Psalms

2:3; 8:4; 8:4; 8:4; 8:9; 18:8; 18:10; 18:14; 19:2; 19:2; 19:7; 20:7; 20:7; 36:6; 50:6; 68:34; 68:34; 78:23; 78:24; 85:12; 89:3; 89:6; 89:30; 97:6; 105:40; 119:89; 136:26; 144:5; 144:5; 148:4; 148:4; 148:4

Proverbs

8:27; 8:29; 23:5; 30:4; 30:19

Ecclesiastes

1:13

Isaiah

1:2; 34:5; 47:13; 63:19; 65:17; 66:1; 66:22

Jeremiah

2:12; 8:2; 8:7; 10:2; 51:15

Lamentations

3:66; 4:19

Ezekiel

1:1; 8:3

Daniel

2:18; 2:19; 2:37; 2:44; 12:7

Hosea

2:23

Amos

9:2

Jonah

1:9

Haggai

2:6

Zechariah

5:9

Malachi

3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8064 matches the Hebrew שָׁמַיִם (šāmayim),
which occurs 421 times in 395 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 8 (Psa 103:11–Isa 40:22)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:11 - For as the heaven H8064 is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:19 - The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; H8064 and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:2 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens H8064 like a curtain:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:12 - By them shall the fowls of the heaven H8064 have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:40 - The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26 - They mount up to the heaven, H8064 they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:4 - For thy mercy is great above the heavens: H8064 and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:5 - Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: H8064 and thy glory above all the earth;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:4 - The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:6 - Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, H8064 and in the earth!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:3 - But our God is in the heavens: H8064 he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:15 - Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven H8064 and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:16 - The heaven, H8064 even the heavens, H8064 are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:89 - LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:2 - My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven H8064 and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:1 - [[A Song of degrees.]] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:8 - Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven H8064 and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:3 - The LORD that made heaven H8064 and earth bless thee out of Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:6 - Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, H8064 and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:5 - To him that by wisdom made the heavens: H8064 for his mercy endureth for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:26 - O give thanks unto the God of heaven: H8064 for his mercy endureth for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I ascend up into heaven, H8064 thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:5 - Bow thy heavens, H8064 O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:6 - Which made heaven, H8064 and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covereth the heaven H8064 with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:1 - Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: H8064 praise him in the heights.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:4 - Praise him, ye heavens H8064 of heavens, H8064 and ye waters that be above the heavens. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:13 - Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:19 - The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - When he prepared the heavens, H8064 I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:3 - The heaven H8064 for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:4 - Who hath ascended up into heaven, H8064 or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way of an eagle in the air; H8064 the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: H8064 this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven H8064 all the days of their life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: H8064
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, H8064 and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air H8064 shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:2 - Hear, O heavens, H8064 and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:5 - They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, H8064 even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - For the stars of heaven H8064 and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:13 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, H8064 and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How art thou fallen from heaven, H8064 O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, H8064 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:4 - And all the host of heaven H8064 shall be dissolved, and the heavens H8064 shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:5 - For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: H8064 behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:16 - O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven H8064 and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and H8064 meted out heaven H8064 with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens H8064 as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

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