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Lexicon :: Strong's H8065 - šᵊmayin

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שְׁמַיִן
Transliteration
šᵊmayin
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'-yin
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to שָׁמַיִם (H8064)
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TWOT Reference: 3038

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).

  1. 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.
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, DWorte 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

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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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11 - “Thus they [fn]answered us, saying, ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven H8065 and earth and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - ‘But because our fathers had provoked the God of heaven H8065 to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - “Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, H8065 and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - that they may offer [fn]acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven H8065 and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - “[fn]Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, H8065 perfect peace. And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - “I, even I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the [fn]River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, H8065 may require of you, it shall be done diligently,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - “Whatever is [fn]commanded by the God of heaven, H8065 let it be done with zeal for the house of the God of heaven, H8065 so that there will not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - [fn]Thus you shall say to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens H8065 and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the [fn]heavens.” H8065

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven H8065 concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:19 - Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven; H8065

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - “However, there is a God in heaven H8065 who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the [fn]latter days. This was your dream and the visions [fn]in your mind while on your bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37 - “You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven H8065 has given the [fn]kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:38 - and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, H8065 He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - “In the days of those kings the God of heaven H8065 will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be [fn]left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:11 - ‘The tree grew large and became strong
And its height reached to the sky, H8065
And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:12 - ‘Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant,
And in it was food for all.
The beasts of the field found shade under it,
And the birds of the sky H8065 dwelt in its branches,
And all [fn]living creatures fed themselves from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:13 - ‘I was looking in the visions [fn]in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven. H8065

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - “Yet leave the stump [fn]with its roots in the ground,
But with a band of iron and bronze around it
In the new grass of the field;
And let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, H8065
And let [fn]him share with the beasts in the grass of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:20 - ‘The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky H8065 and was visible to all the earth

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:21 - and whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt and in whose branches the birds of the sky H8065 lodged—

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:22 - it is you, O king; for you have become great and grown strong, and your [fn]majesty has become great and reached to the sky H8065 and your dominion to the end of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - ‘In that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven H8065 and saying, “Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump [fn]with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, H8065 and let [fn]him share with the beasts of the field until seven [fn]periods of time pass over him,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - that you be driven away from mankind and your dwelling place be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; H8065 and seven [fn]periods of time will pass over you, until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - ‘And in that it was commanded to leave the stump [fn]with the roots of the tree, your kingdom will be [fn]assured to you after you recognize that it is Heaven H8065 that rules.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - “While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice [fn]came from heaven, H8065 saying, ‘King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: [fn]sovereignty has been removed from you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - “Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven H8065 until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - “But at the end of [fn]that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven H8065 and my [fn]reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever;
For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - “All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven H8065
And among the inhabitants of earth;
And no one can [fn]ward off His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, H8065 for all His works are [fn]true and His ways [fn]just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - “He was also driven away from [fn]mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven H8065 until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind and that He sets over it whomever He wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; H8065 and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:27 - “He delivers and rescues and performs signs and wonders
In heaven H8065 and on earth,
Who has also delivered Daniel from the [fn]power of the lions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2 - Daniel [fn]said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven H8065 were stirring up the great sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - “I kept looking in the night visions,
And behold, with the clouds of heaven H8065
One like a Son of Man was coming,
And He came up to the Ancient of Days
And was presented before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - ‘Then the [fn]sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven H8065 will be given to the people of the [fn]saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.’
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