שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) means “heaven” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shaw-mah'-yim Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁמַיִם · sha.ma.yim · heaven
1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God) Aramaic equivalent: sha.ma.yin (שָׁמַ֫יִן "heaven" H8065)
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dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; 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)
KJV glosses: air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the heavens | 77 |
| of heaven | 54 |
| heaven | 46 |
| of the air | 39 |
| from heaven | 33 |
| in heaven | 13 |
| in the heavens | 13 |
| of the heavens | 13 |
| to the heavens | 12 |
| in the sky | 9 |
| the sky | 9 |
| of the sky | 7 |
| o heavens | 6 |
| to heaven | 5 |
| and the heavens | 4 |
| as the heavens | 4 |
| heavens | 4 |
| even the highest heavens | 3 |
| is in heaven | 3 |
| the skies | 3 |
| toward heaven | 3 |
| your heavens | 3 |
| horizon | 2 |
| i call heaven | 2 |
| in the air | 2 |
| into the air | 2 |
| let the heavens | 2 |
| sky | 2 |
| the highest heavens | 2 |
| to the sky | 2 |
| up to heaven | 2 |
| when the skies | 2 |
| against the heavens | 1 |
| and call heaven | 1 |
| and heaven | 1 |
| and the skies | 1 |
| as the sky itself | 1 |
| belong the heavens | 1 |
| do the skies alone | 1 |
| even the highest | 1 |
| from heaven above | 1 |
| from the heavens | 1 |
| i will make the heavens | 1 |
| if even the heavens | 1 |
| in heaven but you | 1 |
| in smoke | 1 |
| into heaven | 1 |
| into the sky | 1 |
| is on his heavenly | 1 |
| let heaven | 1 |
| o highest heavens | 1 |
| reaches to the heavens | 1 |
| than the heavens | 1 |
| the heavens endure | 1 |
| then heaven | 1 |
| thus the heavens | 1 |
| upon the highest | 1 |
| who is in heaven | 1 |
| your sky | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of heaven | 82 |
| the heavens | 33 |
| from heaven | 32 |
| of the heaven | 21 |
| heaven | 20 |
| of the air | 18 |
| in heaven | 15 |
| the heaven | 12 |
| to heaven | 11 |
| and the heavens | 10 |
| in the heavens | 10 |
| toward heaven | 9 |
| above the heavens | 7 |
| of heavens | 7 |
| thou in heaven | 7 |
| from under heaven | 6 |
| unto heaven | 6 |
| and the heaven | 5 |
| into heaven | 5 |
| of the heavens | 5 |
| out of heaven | 5 |
| under the whole heaven | 5 |
| in the heaven | 4 |
| thou from the heavens | 4 |
| and heaven | 3 |
| o ye heavens | 3 |
| thou from heaven | 3 |
| to the heavens | 3 |
| under the heaven | 3 |
| unto the heavens | 3 |
| behold the heaven | 2 |
| heavens | 2 |
| in the air | 2 |
| let the heavens | 2 |
| o heavens | 2 |
| thy heavens | 2 |
| against the heavens | 1 |
| also his heavens | 1 |
| also of the air | 1 |
| and thy heaven | 1 |
| as heaven | 1 |
| behold heaven | 1 |
| beneath for the heavens | 1 |
| between the heaven | 1 |
| for as the heaven | 1 |
| for under the whole heaven | 1 |
| for us to heaven | 1 |
| forth the heavens | 1 |
| from the heavens | 1 |
| from under the heavens | 1 |
| he in heaven | 1 |
| him from heaven | 1 |
| him ye heavens | 1 |
| if heaven | 1 |
| in the very heavens | 1 |
| it toward the heaven | 1 |
| it up toward heaven | 1 |
| let now the astrologers | 1 |
| let the heaven | 1 |
| like thee in heaven | 1 |
| like thee in the heaven | 1 |
| not in heaven | 1 |
| not till the heavens | 1 |
| now toward heaven | 1 |
| or can the heavens | 1 |
| seeing the heaven | 1 |
| that the heaven | 1 |
| the whole heaven | 1 |
| them the heavens | 1 |
| then the heaven | 1 |
| therefore the heaven | 1 |
| thus the heavens | 1 |
| to the heaven | 1 |
| under heaven | 1 |
| unto him out of heaven | 1 |
| upon the heaven | 1 |
| upon the heavens | 1 |
| upon them out of heaven | 1 |
| were the heavens | 1 |
| when heaven | 1 |
| when the heaven | 1 |
| whom have i in heaven | 1 |
| with them from heaven | 1 |
| with you from heaven | 1 |
| ye heavens | 1 |
| yea the heavens | 1 |
| your heaven | 1 |
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Read word by wordGod called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
Read word by wordAnd God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
Read word by wordAnd God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
Read word by wordAnd let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
Read word by wordGod set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
Read word by wordAnd God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
Read word by wordThen God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
Read word by wordGod blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Read word by wordAnd to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
Read word by wordThus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Read word by wordThis is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
Read word by wordAnd out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
Read word by wordThe man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
Read word by wordSo the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
Read word by wordAnd behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
Read word by wordand seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
Read word by wordIn the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Read word by wordFinally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
Read word by wordAnd every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
Read word by wordThe springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
Read word by wordThe fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
Read word by word“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Read word by wordand he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
Read word by wordBut Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
Read word by wordAnd the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Read word by wordThen the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
Read word by wordThen God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
Read word by wordJust then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
Read word by wordAnd the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
Read word by wordI will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Read word by wordand I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
Read word by wordThe LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
Read word by wordI will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
Read word by wordMay God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.
Read word by wordHis father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
Read word by wordAnd Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
Read word by wordAnd he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
Read word by wordby the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.
Read word by wordSo they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
Read word by wordSo Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
Read word by wordSo Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
Read word by wordYou shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
Read word by wordFor in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.
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