שָׁמַיִם
heaven
also: heavens, sky fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 399 times (95%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 15 times (4%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Dual, Absolute 7 times (2%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 421 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 2 — showing verses 201–395 of 395 distinct verses where H8064 appears, across 33 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Job 23 verses
- Job 28:24 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For he looks to the ends of the earth, And sees under the whole sky.
- Job 35:5 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
- Job 35:11 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
- Job 37:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֥יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He sends it forth under the whole sky, And his lightning to the ends of the earth.
- Job 38:29 שָׁ֝מַיִם n c mp Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?
- Job 38:33 שָׁמָ֑יִם n c mp Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish the dominion of it over the earth?
- Job 38:37 שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם n c mp Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
- Job 41:11 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
Psalms 70 verses
- Psalms 2:4 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c mp He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
- Psalms 8:1 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, Who has set your glory above the heavens!
- Psalms 8:3 שָׁ֭מֶי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
- Psalms 8:8 שָׁ֭מַיִם n c mp The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, And whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
- Psalms 11:4 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֪יִם prep det + n c mp Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
- Psalms 14:2 מִ/שָּׁמַיִם֮ prep + n c mp Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there were any who did understand, Who did seek after God.
- Psalms 18:9 שָׁ֭מַיִם n c mp He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
- Psalms 18:13 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם prep det + n c mp Yahweh also thundered in the sky, The Most High uttered his voice: Hailstones and coals of fire.
- Psalms 19:1 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
- Psalms 19:6 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp His going forth is from the end of the heavens, His circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.
- Psalms 20:6 מִ/שְּׁמֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, With the saving strength of his right hand.
- Psalms 33:6 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp By Yahweh's word the heavens were made; All their host by the breath of his mouth.
- Psalms 33:13 מִ֭/שָּׁמַיִם prep + n c mp Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
- Psalms 36:5 בְּ/הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep + ptcl def.art + n c mp Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Psalms 50:4 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He calls to the heavens above, To the earth, that he may judge his people:
- Psalms 50:6 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp The heavens shall declare his righteousness, For God himself is judge. Selah.
- Psalms 53:2 מִ/שָּׁמַיִם֮ prep + n c mp God looks down from heaven on the children of men, To see if there are any who understood, Who seek after God.
- Psalms 57:3 מִ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם prep + n c mp He will send from heaven, and save me, He rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
- Psalms 57:5 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!
- Psalms 57:10 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, And your truth to the skies.
- Psalms 57:11 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.
- Psalms 68:8 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai-- At the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Psalms 68:33 בִּ/שְׁמֵ֣י שְׁמֵי prep + n c mp cs n c mp cs To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
- Psalms 69:34 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp Let heaven and earth praise him; The seas, and everything that moves therein!
- Psalms 73:9 בַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c md They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
- Psalms 73:25 בַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם prep det + n c mp Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you.
- Psalms 76:8 מִ֭/שָּׁמַיִם prep + n c mp You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,
- Psalms 78:23 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven.
- Psalms 78:24 שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם n c mp He rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from the sky.
- Psalms 78:26 בַּ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם prep det + n c mp He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
- Psalms 79:2 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
- Psalms 80:14 מִ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep + n c mp Turn again, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
- Psalms 85:11 מִ/שָּׁמַ֥יִם prep + n c mp Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven.
- Psalms 89:2 שָׁמַ֓יִם n c mp I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
- Psalms 89:5 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
- Psalms 89:11 שָׁ֭מַיִם n c mp The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; The world and its fullness. You have founded them.
- Psalms 89:29 שָׁמָֽיִם n c mp I will also make his seed endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
- Psalms 96:5 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But Yahweh made the heavens.
- Psalms 96:11 הַ֭/שָּׁמַיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and it's fullness!
- Psalms 97:6 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
- Psalms 102:19 מִ/שָּׁמַ֤יִם prep + n c mp For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
- Psalms 102:25 שָׁמָֽיִם n c mp Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
- Psalms 103:11 שָׁ֭מַיִם n c mp For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
- Psalms 103:19 בַּ֭/שָּׁמַיִם prep det + n c mp Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
- Psalms 104:2 שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם n c mp He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
- Psalms 104:12 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
- Psalms 105:40 שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם n c mp They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
- Psalms 107:26 שָׁ֭מַיִם n c mp They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
- Psalms 108:4 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Psalms 108:5 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp Be exalted, God, above the heavens, Let your glory be over all the earth.
- Psalms 113:4 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens.
- Psalms 113:6 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֥יִם prep det + n c mp Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
- Psalms 115:3 בַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם prep det + n c mp But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
- Psalms 115:15 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp Blessed are you by Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.
- Psalms 115:16 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם שָׁ֭מַיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; But the earth has he given to the children of men.
- Psalms 119:89 בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם prep det + n c mp Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
- Psalms 121:2 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp My help comes from Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.
- Psalms 123:1 בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם prep det + n c mp To you I do lift up my eyes, You who sit in the heavens.
- Psalms 124:8 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp Our help is in the name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.
- Psalms 134:3 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp May Yahweh bless you from Zion; Even he who made heaven and earth.
- Psalms 135:6 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֥יִם prep det + n c mp Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;
- Psalms 136:5 הַ֭/שָּׁמַיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp To him who by understanding made the heavens; For his loving kindness endures forever:
- Psalms 136:26 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; For his loving kindness endures forever.
- Psalms 139:8 שָׁ֭מַיִם n c mp If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
- Psalms 144:5 שָׁמֶ֣י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
- Psalms 146:6 שָׁ֘מַ֤יִם n c mp Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever;
- Psalms 147:8 שָׁמַ֨יִם n c mp Who covers the sky with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
- Psalms 148:1 הַ/שָּׁמַ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!
- Psalms 148:4 שְׁמֵ֣י הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
- Psalms 148:13 וְ/שָׁמָֽיִם conj + n c mp Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
Proverbs 6 verses
- Proverbs 3:19 שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם n c mp By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
- Proverbs 8:27 שָׁ֭מַיִם n c mp When he established the heavens, I was there; When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
- Proverbs 23:5 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
- Proverbs 25:3 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
- Proverbs 30:4 שָׁמַ֨יִם n c mp Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?
- Proverbs 30:19 בַּ/שָּׁמַיִם֮ prep det + n c mp The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent on a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.
Ecclesiastes 5 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ prep det + n c mp Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; And don't curse the rich in your bedchamber: For a bird of the sky may carry your voice, And that which has wings may tell the matter.
Isaiah 31 verses
- Isaiah 1:2 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp Hear, heavens, And listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.
- Isaiah 13:5 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
- Isaiah 13:10 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp For the stars of the sky and the constellations of it shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
- Isaiah 13:13 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Yahweh of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
- Isaiah 14:12 מִ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם prep + n c mp How you are fallen from heaven, day-star, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
- Isaiah 14:13 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp You said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on the mountain of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
- Isaiah 34:4 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp All the host of the sky shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fades from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig tree.
- Isaiah 34:5 בַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם prep det + n c md For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky: behold, it shall come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, to judgment.
- Isaiah 37:16 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, who sits [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
- Isaiah 40:12 וְ/שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ conj + n c mp Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the sky with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
- Isaiah 40:22 שָׁמַ֔יִם n c mp [It is] he who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants of it are as grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;
- Isaiah 42:5 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it; he who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk therein:
- Isaiah 44:23 שָׁמַ֜יִם n c mp Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it; shout, you lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
- Isaiah 44:24 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?);
- Isaiah 45:8 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp Distil, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may bring forth salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Yahweh, have created it.
- Isaiah 45:12 שָׁמַ֔יִם n c mp I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and all their host have I commanded.
- Isaiah 45:18 הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn't create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh; and there is no one else.
- Isaiah 47:13 שָׁמַ֗יִם n c mp You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
- Isaiah 48:13 שָׁמָ֑יִם n c mp Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.
- Isaiah 49:13 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.
- Isaiah 50:3 שָׁמַ֖יִם n c mp I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
- Isaiah 51:6 לַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם שָׁמַ֜יִם prep det + n c mp n c mp Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- Isaiah 51:13 שָׁמַיִם֮ n c mp and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Isaiah 51:16 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, You are my people.
- Isaiah 55:9 שָׁמַ֖יִם n c mp For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Isaiah 55:10 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
- Isaiah 63:15 מִ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ prep + n c mp Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.
- Isaiah 64:1 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,
- Isaiah 65:17 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
- Isaiah 66:1 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
- Isaiah 66:22 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says Yahweh, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Jeremiah 33 verses
- Jeremiah 2:12 שָׁמַ֖יִם n c mp Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 4:23 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
- Jeremiah 4:25 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I saw, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were fled.
- Jeremiah 4:28 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.
- Jeremiah 7:18 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
- Jeremiah 7:33 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.
- Jeremiah 8:2 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.
- Jeremiah 8:7 בַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם prep det + n c md Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.
- Jeremiah 9:10 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.
- Jeremiah 10:2 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus says Yahweh, "Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
- Jeremiah 10:12 שָׁמָֽיִם n c mp He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
- Jeremiah 10:13 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם prep det + n c mp when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 14:22 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
- Jeremiah 15:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I will appoint over them four kinds, says Yahweh: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
- Jeremiah 16:4 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
- Jeremiah 19:7 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
- Jeremiah 19:13 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of the sky, and have poured out drink-offerings to other gods.
- Jeremiah 23:24 הַ/שָּׁמַ֧יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 31:37 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp Thus says Yahweh: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 32:17 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
- Jeremiah 33:22 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp As the host of the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.
- Jeremiah 33:25 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp Thus says Yahweh: If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
- Jeremiah 34:20 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.
- Jeremiah 44:17 הַ/שָּׁמַיִם֮ ptcl def.art + n c mp But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
- Jeremiah 44:18 הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
- Jeremiah 44:19 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp When we burned incense to the queen of the sky, and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?
- Jeremiah 44:25 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying, You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
- Jeremiah 49:36 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp On Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
- Jeremiah 51:9 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country; for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
- Jeremiah 51:15 שָׁמָֽיִם n c mp He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
- Jeremiah 51:16 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם prep det + n c mp when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 51:48 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:53 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says Yahweh.
Lamentations 5 verses
- Lamentations 2:1 מִ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ prep + n c mp How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, And hasn't remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
- Lamentations 3:41 בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם prep det + n c mp Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
- Lamentations 3:50 מִ/שָּׁמָֽיִם prep + n c mp Until Yahweh look down, and see from heaven.
- Lamentations 3:66 שְׁמֵ֥י n c mp cs You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.
- Lamentations 4:19 שָׁמָ֑יִם n c mp Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 9 verses
- Ezekiel 1:1 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
- Ezekiel 8:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֡יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner [court] that looks toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
- Ezekiel 29:5 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given you for food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
- Ezekiel 31:6 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow lived all great nations.
- Ezekiel 31:13 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp On his ruin all the birds of the sky shall dwell, and all the animals of the field shall be on his branches;
- Ezekiel 32:4 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I will leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.
- Ezekiel 32:7 שָׁמַ֔יִם n c mp When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
- Ezekiel 32:8 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם prep det + n c mp All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your land, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 38:20 הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
Daniel 5 verses
- Daniel 8:8 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The male goat magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable [horns] toward the four winds of the sky.
- Daniel 8:10 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp It grew great, even to the host of the sky; and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled on them.
- Daniel 9:12 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky has not been done as has been done on Jerusalem.
- Daniel 11:4 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.
- Daniel 12:7 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Hosea 4 verses
- Hosea 2:18 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, And with the birds of the sky, And with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, And will make them lie down safely.
- Hosea 2:21 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens, And they will respond to the earth;
- Hosea 4:3 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Therefore the land will mourn, And everyone who dwells therein will waste away. All living things in her, Even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; Yes, the fish of the sea also die.
- Hosea 7:12 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
Joel 3 verses
- Joel 2:10 שָׁמָ֑יִם n c mp The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, And the stars withdraw their shining.
- Joel 2:30 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם prep det + n c mp I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
- Joel 3:16 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp Yahweh will roar from Zion, And thunder from Jerusalem; And the heavens and the earth will shake; But Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, And a stronghold to the children of Israel.
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 9:2 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.
- Amos 9:6 בַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ prep det + n c md It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.
Jonah 1 verse
Nahum 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zephaniah 2 verses
- Zephaniah 1:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh.
- Zephaniah 1:5 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp those who worship the host of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
Haggai 3 verses
- Haggai 1:10 שָמַ֖יִם n c mp Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
- Haggai 2:6 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: 'Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;
- Haggai 2:21 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, 'I will shake the heavens and the earth.
Zechariah 5 verses
- Zechariah 2:6 הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,' says Yahweh; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says Yahweh.
- Zechariah 5:9 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
- Zechariah 6:5 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
- Zechariah 8:12 וְ/הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp "For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
- Zechariah 12:1 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp An oracle. The word of Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun שמים centers on the idea of “heaven.” First canonically at Genesis 1:1, it enters the text early. It turns up in 395 verses across 33 books, a common footprint. Beyond “heaven” it also covers “heavens” and “sky” — see its full sense range. It clusters with שמין under a shared root. Dig into 395-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8064 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 395
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 395 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #117
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 117 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 395 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Psalms 70 verses 18%
- Genesis 39 verses 10%
- Deuteronomy 38 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 395 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 158 verses · 40%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 145 verses · 37%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 92 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Heaven 227×, Heavens 80×, Air 21×
- American Standard Version: Heaven 172×, Heavens 133×, Toward heaven 11×
- Berean Standard Bible: Heaven 154×, Heavens 139×, Air 43×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Heavens 297×, Heaven 47×, Sky 21×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8064 across 419 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 33 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8064 across 419 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 53 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8064 across 410 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 11 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8064 across 414 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
5 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1.
- a. visible heavens, sky, where stars, etc., are
- b. phrases
- 2.
- a. as abode of God
- b. Elijah taken up הַשּׁ׳ in whirlwind
- 3. הַשּׁ׳ personified in various relations
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
[ שָׁמַי ] n.m. only pl. שָׁמַיִם 421 heavens, sky
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lofty
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁמַיִם
- du. m. du. (b. h.)
- 1. heaven; trnsf. Heaven, God. Gen. R. s. 1 הש׳ נבראו תחלה the heaven was first created. Tam. 32ᵃ top מן הש׳ לארץ וכ׳ is it farther from heaven to earth, or from east to west? Lam. R. introd. (R. Joh. 1) מִשְּׁמֵי מרום from the high heavens. Ned. XI, 12 (90ᵇ) ש׳ ביני לביניך heaven is between me and thee (I have an unconquerable aversion to associating with thee, v. Y. ib. 42ᵈ bot., quot. s. v. רָחִיק II; differ. in comment.). R. Hash. 19ᵃ אי ש׳ by Heaven! B. Mets. 37ᵃ לצאת ידי ש׳ to do his duty towards God (v. יָצָא).—Kidd. 40ᵃ, a. e. רע לש׳, v. רַע.—Snh. XI, 5, a. e. בידי ש׳, v. מִיתָה.—ירא ש׳, יראת ש׳, מלכות ש׳ &c., v. respective determinants.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 97 distinct written forms H8064 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 37 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8064, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 362 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 395 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:1
- Exodus 9:8
- Leviticus 26:19
- Deuteronomy 1:10
- Joshua 2:11
- Judges 5:4
- 1 Samuel 2:10
- 2 Samuel 18:9
- 1 Kings 8:22
- 2 Kings 1:10
- 1 Chronicles 16:26
- 2 Chronicles 2:6
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
