ἐπουράνιος, 
ἐπουράνιον (
οὐρανός), properly, existing 
in or above heaven, heavenly; 
1. existing in heaven: 
ὁ πατήρ ἐπουράνιος, i. e. God, 
Matthew 18:35 Rec. (
Θεοί, 
Θεός, 
Homer, Odyssey 17, 484; Iliad 6, 131, etc.; 3Macc. 6:28 3Macc. 7:6); 
οἱ ἐπουράνιοι the heavenly beings, the inhabitants of heaven, (
Lucian, dial. deor. 4, 3; of the gods, in 
Theocritus, 25, 5): of angels, in opposition to 
ἐπιγειοι and 
καταχθονιοι, 
Philippians 2:10; Ignat. ad Trall. 9 [ET], (cf. 
Polycarp, ad Philipp. 2 [ET]); 
σώματα, the bodies of the stars (which the apostle, according to the universal ancient conception, seems to have regarded as animate (cf. 
Lightfoot on Colossians, p. 376; Gfrorer, 
Philo etc. 2te Aufl., p. 349f; Siegfried, 
Philo von Alex., p. 306; yet cf. Meyer ed. Heinrici, at the passage), cf. 
Job 38:7; Enoch 18:14ff) and of the angels, 
1 Corinthians 15:40; 
ἡ βασιλεία ἡ ἐπουράνιος (on which see p. 97), 
2 Timothy 4:18; substantially the same as 
ἡ πατρίς ἡ ἐπουράνιος Hebrews 11:16 and 
Ἱερουσαλήμ ἐπουρανίῳ, 
Hebrews 12:22; 
κλῆσις, a calling made (by God) in heaven, 
Hebrews 3:1 (others would include a reference to its end as well as to its origin; cf. Lunem. at the passage), cf. 
Philippians 3:14 (
Lightfoot cites 
Philo, plant. Noe § 6). The neut. 
τά ἐπουράνια denotes (cf. 
Winers Grammar, § 34, 2) 
a. the things that take place in heaven, i. e. the purposes of God to grant salvation to men through the death of Christ: 
John 3:12 (see 
ἐπίγειος). 
b. the heavenly regions, i. e. heaven itself, the abode of God and angels: 
Ephesians 1:3, 
20 (where Lachmann text 
οὐρανοῖς); 
Ephesians 2:6; 
Ephesians 3:10; the lower heavens, or the heaven of the clouds, 
Ephesians 6:12 (cf. 
B. D. American edition, under the word ). 
c. the heavenly temple or sanctuary: 
Hebrews 8:5; 
Hebrews 9:23. 
2. of heavenly origin and nature: 
1 Corinthians 15:48f (opposite to 
χοϊκός); 
ἡ δωρεά ἡ ἐπουράνιος. 
Hebrews 6:4. 
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