Strong's Number H8064

שָׁמַיִם

shamayim · shaw-mah'-yim

Transliteration:

shamayim{shaw-mah'-yim}

Word Origin:

dual of an unused singular shameh from an unused root meaning to be lofty

TWOT:

2407a

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

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)

Usage in the KJV:

heaven 398, air 21, astrologers 1895 1

Total: 420
Occurs 421 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

heaven, heavens, sky
1. visible heavens, sky
  1. as abode of the stars
  2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
2. Heaven (as the abode of God)