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Lexicon :: Strong's H8065 - šᵊmayin

Strong's

Red Letter

שְׁמַיִן

Transliteration

šᵊmayin

Pronunciation

shaw-mah'-yin

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Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Corresponding to שָׁמַיִם (H8064)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 3038

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמַיִן shâmayin, shaw-mah'-yin; (Aramaic) corresponding to H8064:—heaven.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H8065 in the following manner: heaven (38x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H8065 in the following manner: heaven (38x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

שָׁמַיִן shâmayin, shaw-mah'-yin; (Aramaic) corresponding to H8064:—heaven.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8065: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [שְׁמַ֫יִן] noun masculine plural heavens (Biblical Hebrew H8064 [שָׁמַי], שָׁמַיִם, √ שׁמה); — always emphatic שְׁמַיָּא :

1. visible sky Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 4:8 [Daniel 4:11]; Daniel 4:10 [Daniel 4:13]; Daniel 4:17 [Daniel 4:20]; Daniel 4:19 [Daniel 4:22]; Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23]; Daniel 4:27 [Daniel 4:30]; Daniel 4:28 [Daniel 4:31]; עוֺף שׁ׳ Daniel 2:38; שׁ׳ צִפֲּרֵי Daniel 4:9 [Daniel 4:12]; Daniel 4:18 [Daniel 4:21]; טַל שׁ׳ Daniel 4:12 [Daniel 4:15]; Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23]; Daniel 4:22 [Daniel 4:25]; Daniel 4:30 [Daniel 4:33]; Daniel 5:21; רוּחֵי שׁ׳ Daniel 7:2 winds of the sky; עֲנָנֵי שׁ׳ Daniel 7:13; heavens + earth = universe Jeremiah 10:11, where God shews signs Daniel 6:28 [Daniel 6:27].

2. heavens as abode of God Daniel 2:28; Daniel 4:31 [Daniel 4:34], hence, figurative, as ruling Daniel 4:23 [Daniel 4:26] (שׁ׳ sometimes = God in Late Hebrew, J, Aramaic, D^{Worte Jesu 179; Eng.Tr.218 f.}); as abode of angels Daniel 4:32 [Daniel 4:35] (Dr); elsewhere in phrase אֱלָהּ שׁ׳ Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:19, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 2:44; Ezra 5:11; Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21; Ezra 7:23 (twice in verse), מֶלֶךְ שׁ׳ Daniel 4:34 [Daniel 4:37], מָרֵא שׁ׳ Daniel 5:23.

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Ezra

5:11; 5:12; 6:9; 6:10; 7:12; 7:21; 7:23

Jeremiah

10:11; 10:11

Daniel

2:18; 2:19; 2:28; 2:37; 2:38; 2:44; 4:11; 4:12; 4:13; 4:15; 4:20; 4:21; 4:22; 4:23; 4:23; 4:25; 4:26; 4:30; 4:31; 4:33; 4:34; 4:35; 4:37; 5:21; 5:23; 6:27; 7:2; 7:13

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H8065

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Strong's Number H8065 matches the Hebrew שְׁמַיִן (šᵊmayin),
which occurs 38 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Ezr 5:11 - “So they [fn]answered^H8421^H6600 us as^H3660 follows^H3660, saying^H560, ‘We are the servants^H5649 of the God^H426 of heaven^H8065 and earth^H772, and are rebuilding^H1124 the temple^H1005 that was built^H1124 many^H7690 years^H8140 ago^H6928, which a great^H7229 king^H4430 of Israel^H3479 built^H1124 and finished^H3635.

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Ezr 5:12 - ‘But because^H4481^H1768 our fathers^H2 provoked^H7265 the God^H426 of heaven^H8065 to^H7265 wrath^H7265, He handed^H3052^H3028 them over^H3052 to Nebuchadnezzar^H5020 king^H4430 of Babylon^H895, the Chaldean^H3779, who destroyed^H5642 this^H1836 temple^H1005 and deported^H1541 the people^H5972 to Babylon^H895.

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Ezr 6:9 - “And whatever^H4101 is needed^H2819, bulls^H8450^H1123, rams^H1798, and lambs^H563 for burnt^H5928 offerings^H5928 to the God^H426 of heaven^H8065, and wheat^H2591, salt^H4416, wine^H2562, and anointing^H4887 oil^H4887, as the priests^H3549 in Jerusalem^H3390 order^H3983, it is to be given^H3052 to them daily^H3118 without^H3809 fail^H7960,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:10

Ezr 6:10 - so that they may offer^H7127 acceptable^H5208 sacrifices^H5208 to the God^H426 of heaven^H8065 and pray^H6739 for the lives^H2417 of the king^H4430 and his sons^H1123.

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Ezr 7:12 - “[fn]Artaxerxes^H783, king^H4430 of kings^H4430, to Ezra^H5831 the priest^H3549, the scribe^H5613 of the Law^H1882 of the God^H426 of heaven^H8065, [fn]perfect^H1585 peace. And now^H3706

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Ezr 7:21 -

“I myself, King^H4430 Artaxerxes^H783, issue^H7761 a decree^H2942 to all^H3606 the treasurers^H1490 who^H1768 are in the provinces beyond^H5675 the Euphrates River^H5103, that whatever^H3606^H1768 Ezra^H5831 the priest^H3549, the scribe^H5613 of the Law^H1882 of the God^H426 of heaven^H8065, may require^H7593 of you, it shall be done^H5648 diligently^H629,

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Ezr 7:23 - “Whatever^H3606^H1768 is [fn]commanded^H4481^H2942 by the God^H426 of heaven^H8065, it shall be done^H5648 with zeal^H149 for the house^H1005 of the God^H426 of heaven^H8065, so^H1768 that^H1768 there will not be wrath^H7109 against^H5922 the kingdom^H4437 of the king^H4430 and his sons^H1123.

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Jer 10:11 -

[fn]This^H3541 is what^H1836 you shall say^H560 to them: “The gods^H426 that did not make^H5648 the heavens^H8065 and the earth^H778 will perish^H7 from the earth^H778 and from under^H8460 these heavens^H8065.”

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Dan 2:18 - so that they might request^H1156 compassion^H7359 from the God^H426 of heaven^H8065 concerning^H5922 this^H1836 secret^H7328, so^H1768 that^H1768 Daniel^H1841 and his friends^H2269 would not be killed^H7 with the rest^H7606 of the wise^H2445 men^H2445 of Babylon^H895.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:19

Dan 2:19 - Then^H116 the secret^H7328 was revealed^H1541 to Daniel^H1841 in a night^H3916 vision^H2376. Then^H116 Daniel^H1841 blessed^H1289 the God^H426 of heaven^H8065;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:28

Dan 2:28 - “However^H1297, there^H383 is^H383 a God^H426 in heaven^H8065 who^H1768 reveals^H1541 secrets^H7328, and He has made^H3046 known^H3046 to King^H4430 Nebuchadnezzar^H5020 what^H4101 will take^H1934 place^H1934 in the [fn]latter^H320 days^H3118. This^H1836 was your dream^H2493 and the visions^H2376 [fn]in your mind^H7217 while on your bed^H4903.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:37

Dan 2:37 - “You, O king^H4430, are the king^H4430 of kings^H4430, to whom^H1768 the God^H426 of heaven^H8065 has given^H3052 the [fn]kingdom^H4437, the power^H2632, the strength^H8632, and the honor^H3367;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:38

Dan 2:38 - and wherever^H3606^H1768 the sons^H1123 of mankind^H606 live^H1753, or the animals^H2423 of the field^H1251, or the birds^H5776 of the sky^H8065, He has handed^H3052^H3028 them over^H3052 to you and has made you ruler^H7981 over them all^H3606. You are the head^H7217 of gold^H1722.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:44

Dan 2:44 - “And in the days^H3118 of those^H581 kings^H4430 the God^H426 of heaven^H8065 will set^H6966 up^H6966 a kingdom^H4437 which^H1768 will never^H5957^H3809 be destroyed^H2255, and that kingdom^H4437 will not be^H7662 [fn]left^H7662 for another^H312 people^H5972; it will crush^H1855 and put^H5487 an^H5487 end^H5487 to^H5487 all^H3606 these^H459 kingdoms^H4437, but it will itself^H1932 endure^H6966 forever^H5957.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:11

Dan 4:11 -

‘The tree^H363 grew^H7236 large^H7236 and became^H8631 strong^H8631

And its height^H7314 reached^H4291 to the sky^H8065,

And it was visible^H2379 to the end^H5491 of the whole^H3606 earth^H772.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:12

Dan 4:12 -

‘Its foliage^H6074 was beautiful^H8209 and its fruit^H4 abundant^H7690,

And in it was food^H4203 for all^H3606.

The animals^H2423 of the field^H1251 [fn]found^H2927 shade^H2927 under^H8460 it,

And the birds^H6853 of the sky^H8065 lived^H1753 in its branches^H6056,

And all^H3606 [fn]living^H1321 creatures^H1321 fed^H2110 from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:13

Dan 4:13 -

‘I was looking^H2370 in the visions^H2376 [fn]in my mind^H7217 as I lay on my bed^H4903, and behold^H431, an angelic^H5894 watcher^H5894, a holy^H6922 one^H6922, descended^H5182 from heaven^H8065.

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Dan 4:15 -

“Yet^H1297 leave^H7662 the stump^H6136 [fn]with its roots^H8330 in the ground^H772,

But with a band^H613 of iron^H6523 and bronze^H5174 around it

In the new^H1883 grass^H1883 of the field^H1251;

And let him be drenched^H6647 with the dew^H2920 of heaven^H8065,

And let [fn]him share^H2508 with the animals^H2423 in the grass^H6212 of the earth^H772.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:20

Dan 4:20 - ‘The tree^H363 that you saw^H2370, which^H1768 became^H7236 large^H7236 and grew^H8631 strong^H8631, whose height^H7314 reached^H4291 to the sky^H8065 and was visible^H2379 to all^H3606 the earth^H772,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:21

Dan 4:21 - and whose foliage^H6074 was beautiful^H8209 and its fruit^H4 abundant^H7690, and in which was food^H4203 for all^H3606, under^H8460 which the animals^H2423 of the field^H1251 lived^H1753 and in whose branches^H6056 the birds^H6853 of the sky^H8065 settled^H7932—

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:22

Dan 4:22 - it is you, O king^H4430; for you have become^H7236 great^H7236 and grown^H8631 strong^H8631, and your [fn]majesty^H7238 has become^H7236 great^H7236 and reached^H4291 to the sky^H8065, and your dominion^H7985 to the end^H5491 of the earth^H772.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:23

Dan 4:23 - ‘And in that the king^H4430 saw^H2370 an angelic^H5894 watcher^H5894, a holy^H6922 one^H6922, descending^H5182 from heaven^H8065 and saying^H560, “Chop^H1414 down^H1414 the tree^H363 and destroy^H2255 it; yet^H1297 leave^H7662 the stump^H6136 [fn]with its roots^H8330 in the ground^H772, but with a band^H613 of iron^H6523 and bronze^H5174 around it in the new^H1883 grass^H1883 of the field^H1251, let him be drenched^H6647 with the dew^H2920 of heaven^H8065, and let [fn]him share^H2508 with the animals^H2423 of the field^H1251 until^H5705^H1768 seven^H7655 [fn]periods of time^H5732 pass^H2499 over^H5922 him,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Dan 4:25 - that you be driven^H2957 away^H2957 from mankind^H606 and your dwelling^H4070 place^H4070 be with the animals^H2423 of the field^H1251, and you be given^H2939 grass^H6212 to^H2939 eat^H2939 like cattle^H8450 and be drenched^H6647 with the dew^H2920 of heaven^H8065; and seven^H7655 [fn]periods of time^H5732 will pass^H2499 over^H5922 you, until^H5705^H1768 you recognize^H3046 that the Most^H5943 High^H5943 is ruler^H7990 over the realm^H4437 of mankind^H606 and bestows^H5415 it on whomever^H4479^H1768 He wishes^H6634.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:26

Dan 4:26 - ‘And in that it was commanded^H560 to leave^H7662 the stump^H6136 [fn]with the roots^H8330 of the tree^H363, your kingdom^H4437 will [fn]remain^H7011 as yours after^H4481^H1768 you recognize^H3046 that it is Heaven^H8065 that rules^H7990.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:31

Dan 4:31 - “While the word^H4406 was still^H5751 in the king’s^H4430 mouth^H6433, a voice^H7032 [fn]came^H5308 from heaven^H8065, saying, ‘King^H4430 Nebuchadnezzar^H5020, to you it is declared^H560: [fn]sovereignty^H4437 has been^H5709 removed^H5709 from you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:33

Dan 4:33 - “Immediately^H8160 the word^H4406 concerning^H5922 Nebuchadnezzar^H5020 was fulfilled^H5487; and he was driven^H2957 away^H2957 from mankind^H606 and began eating^H399 grass^H6212 like cattle^H8450, and his body^H1655 was drenched^H6647 with the dew^H2920 of heaven^H8065 until^H5705^H1768 his hair^H8177 had grown^H7236 like eagles’^H5403 feathers and his nails^H2953 like birds’^H6853 claws.

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Dan 4:34 -

“But at the end^H7118 of [fn]that period^H3118, I, Nebuchadnezzar^H5020, raised^H5191 my eyes^H5870 toward heaven^H8065 and my [fn]reason^H4486 returned^H8421 to me, and I blessed^H1289 the Most^H5943 High^H5943 and praised^H7624 and honored^H1922 Him who^H2417 lives^H2417 forever^H5957;

For His dominion^H7985 is an everlasting^H5957 dominion^H7985,

And His kingdom^H4437 endures from generation^H1859 to generation^H1859.

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Dan 4:35 -

“All^H3606 the inhabitants^H1753 of the earth^H772 are of no^H3809 account^H2804,

But He does^H5648 according^H4481 to His will^H6634 among the army^H2429 of heaven^H8065

And among the inhabitants^H1753 of earth^H772;

And no^H3809 one can [fn]fend^H4223 off^H4223 His hand^H3028

Or say^H560 to Him, ‘What^H4101 have You done^H5648?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:37

Dan 4:37 - “Now^H3705 I, Nebuchadnezzar^H5020, praise^H7624, exalt^H7313, and honor^H1922 the King^H4430 of heaven^H8065, for all^H3606 His works^H4567 are [fn]true^H7187 and His ways^H735 [fn]just^H1780; and He is able^H3202 to humble^H8214 those who^H1768 walk^H1981 in pride^H1467.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Dan 5:21 - “He was also driven^H2957 away^H2957 from [fn]mankind^H606, and his heart^H3825 was made^H7739 like^H5974^H7739 that of animals^H2423, and his dwelling^H4070 place^H4070 was with the wild^H6167 donkeys^H6167. He was given^H2939 grass^H6212 to^H2939 eat^H2939 like cattle^H8450, and his body^H1655 was drenched^H6647 with the dew^H2920 of heaven^H8065, until^H5705^H1768 he recognized^H3046 that the Most^H5943 High^H5943 God^H426 is ruler^H7990 over the realm^H4437 of mankind^H606, and that He sets^H6966 over^H5922 it whomever^H4479^H1768 He wishes^H6634.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Dan 5:23 - but you have risen^H7313 up against^H5922 the Lord^H4756 of heaven^H8065; and they have brought^H858 the vessels^H3984 of His house^H1005 before^H6925 you, and you and your nobles^H7261, your wives^H7695, and your concubines^H3904 have been drinking^H8355 wine^H2562 out of them; and you have praised^H7624 the gods^H426 of silver^H3702 and gold^H1722, of bronze^H5174, iron^H6523, wood^H636, and stone^H69, which^H1768 do not see^H7200, nor^H3809 hear^H8086, nor^H3809 understand^H3046. But the God^H426 in whose^H1768 hand^H3028 are your life-breath^H5396 and all your ways^H735, you have not glorified^H1922.

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Dan 6:27 -

“He rescues^H7804, saves^H5338, and performs^H5648 signs^H852 and miracles^H8540

In heaven^H8065 and on earth^H772,

He who^H1768 has also rescued^H7804 Daniel^H1841 from the [fn]power^H3028 of the lions^H744.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:2

Dan 7:2 - Daniel^H1841 [fn]said^H6032^H560, “I was looking^H2370 in my vision^H2376 by night^H3916, and behold^H718, the four^H703 winds^H7308 of heaven^H8065 were stirring^H1519 up^H1519 the great^H7229 sea^H3221.

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Dan 7:13 -

“I kept^H1934 looking^H2370 in the night^H3916 visions^H2376,

And behold^H718, with the clouds^H6050 of heaven^H8065

One like a son^H1247 of man^H606 was coming^H858,

And He came^H4291 up^H4291 to the Ancient^H6268 of Days^H3118

And was presented^H7127 before^H6925 Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:27

Dan 7:27 - ‘Then the [fn]sovereignty^H4437, the dominion^H7985, and the greatness^H7238 of all the kingdoms^H4437 under^H8460 the whole^H3606 heaven^H8065 will be given^H3052 to the people^H5972 of the [fn]saints^H6922 of the Highest^H5946 One^H5946; His kingdom^H4437 will be an everlasting^H5957 kingdom^H4437, and all^H3606 the empires^H7985 will serve^H6399 and obey^H8086 Him.’

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