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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.
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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 - And this was their reply to us: 'We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house 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 angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon, the Chalde'an, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - And whatever is needed--young bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require--let that be given to them day by day without fail,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven, 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 - "Ar-ta-xerx'es, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven. And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - "And I, Ar-ta-xerx'es the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, be it done with all diligence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done in full for the house of the God of heaven, lest his wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - Thus shall you say to them: "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - and told them to seek mercy of the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish 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 vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnez'zar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37 - You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:38 - and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the sons of men, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, making you 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 - And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:11 - The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, 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 leaves were fair 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 air dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:13 - "I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, amid the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of heaven; let his lot be 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 you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:21 - whose leaves were fair and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all; under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the air dwelt--

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:22 - it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - And whereas the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Hew down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let him be wet with the dew of heaven; and let his lot be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him';

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men, and gives it to whom he will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - And as it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be sure for you from the time that you know that Heaven rules.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, "O King Nebuchadnez'zar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - Immediately the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnez'zar. He was driven from among men, and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails were like birds' claws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:34 - At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnez'zar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives for ever; 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; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, "What doest thou?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - Now I, Nebuchadnez'zar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - he was driven from among men, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of men, and sets over it whom he will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:27 - He delivers and rescues, he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, he who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2 - Daniel said, "I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came 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 - And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.'
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