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 1 of 2 — showing verses 1–200 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.
Genesis 39 verses
- Genesis 1:1 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:8 שָׁמָ֑יִם n c mp God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- Genesis 1:9 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:14 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- Genesis 1:15 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:17 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
- Genesis 1:20 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:26 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:28 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Genesis 1:30 הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so.
- Genesis 2:1 הַ/שָּׁמַ֥יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Genesis 2:4 הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם וְ/שָׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp conj + n c mp This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.
- Genesis 2:19 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 2:20 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.
- Genesis 6:7 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."
- Genesis 6:17 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
- Genesis 7:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 7:11 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
- Genesis 7:19 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
- Genesis 7:23 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, cattle, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
- Genesis 8:2 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
- Genesis 9:2 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand.
- Genesis 11:4 בַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם prep det + n c md They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
- Genesis 14:19 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
- Genesis 14:22 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 15:5 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יְמָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
- Genesis 19:24 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
- Genesis 21:17 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
- Genesis 22:11 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
- Genesis 22:15 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
- Genesis 22:17 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
- Genesis 24:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
- Genesis 24:7 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
- Genesis 26:4 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
- Genesis 27:28 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
- Genesis 27:39 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Isaac his father answered him, "Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.
- Genesis 28:12 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יְמָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Genesis 28:17 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
- Genesis 49:25 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp Even by the God of your father, who will help you, By the Almighty, who will bless you, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies below, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
Exodus 14 verses
- Exodus 9:8 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יְמָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
- Exodus 9:10 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יְמָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal.
- Exodus 9:22 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 9:23 הַ/שָּׁמַיִם֒ ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 10:21 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt."
- Exodus 10:22 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
- Exodus 16:4 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
- Exodus 17:14 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
- Exodus 20:4 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ prep det + n c mp "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- Exodus 20:11 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
- Exodus 20:22 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
- Exodus 24:10 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
- Exodus 31:17 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'"
- Exodus 32:13 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
Leviticus 1 verse
Deuteronomy 38 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:10 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are this day as the stars of the sky for multitude.
- Deuteronomy 1:28 בַּ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם prep det + n c mp Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
- Deuteronomy 2:25 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.
- Deuteronomy 3:24 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c mp Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to your works, and according to your mighty acts?
- Deuteronomy 4:11 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- Deuteronomy 4:17 בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם prep det + n c mp the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
- Deuteronomy 4:19 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יְמָ/ה הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
- Deuteronomy 4:26 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto you go over the Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days on it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 4:32 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
- Deuteronomy 4:36 הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and on earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
- Deuteronomy 4:39 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c mp Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is none else.
- Deuteronomy 5:8 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ prep det + n c mp "You shall not make an engraved image for yourself, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- Deuteronomy 7:24 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name to perish from under the sky: there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them.
- Deuteronomy 9:1 בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם prep det + n c mp Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,
- Deuteronomy 9:14 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.
- Deuteronomy 10:14 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם וּ/שְׁמֵ֣י הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp conj + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
- Deuteronomy 10:22 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
- Deuteronomy 11:11 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp but the land, where you go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinks water of the rain of the sky,
- Deuteronomy 11:17 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp and the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which Yahweh gives you.
- Deuteronomy 11:21 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
- Deuteronomy 17:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of the sky, which I have not commanded;
- Deuteronomy 25:19 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not forget.
- Deuteronomy 26:15 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 28:12 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
- Deuteronomy 28:23 שָׁמֶ֛י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
- Deuteronomy 28:24 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:26 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.
- Deuteronomy 28:62 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 29:20 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.
- Deuteronomy 30:4 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp If [any of] your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there will Yahweh your God gather you, and from there will he bring you back:
- Deuteronomy 30:12 בַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יְמָ/ה֙ prep det + n c md ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?
- Deuteronomy 30:19 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;
- Deuteronomy 31:28 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- Deuteronomy 32:1 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak; Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
- Deuteronomy 32:40 שָׁמַ֖יִם n c mp For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
- Deuteronomy 33:13 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp Of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, For the deep that couches beneath,
- Deuteronomy 33:26 שָׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp There is none like God, Jeshurun, Who rides on the heavens for your help, In his excellency on the skies.
- Deuteronomy 33:28 שָׁמָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Israel dwells in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
Joshua 4 verses
- Joshua 2:11 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c mp As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
- Joshua 8:20 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יְמָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
- Joshua 10:11 הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, that Yahweh cast down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
- Joshua 10:13 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn't this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the midst of the sky, and didn't hurry to go down about a whole day.
Judges 4 verses
- Judges 5:4 שָׁמַ֖יִם n c mp Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, When you marched out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the sky also dropped, Yes, the clouds dropped water.
- Judges 5:20 שָׁמַ֖יִם n c mp From the sky the stars fought, From their courses they fought against Sisera.
- Judges 13:20 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יְמָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem For it happened, when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
- Judges 20:40 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיְמָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
1 Samuel 4 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:10 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c mp Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in the sky: Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth; He will give strength to his king, Exalt the horn of his anointed.
- 1 Samuel 5:12 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
- 1 Samuel 17:44 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.
- 1 Samuel 17:46 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
2 Samuel 5 verses
- 2 Samuel 18:9 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
- 2 Samuel 21:10 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
- 2 Samuel 22:8 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked Were shaken, because he was angry.
- 2 Samuel 22:10 שָׁמַ֖יִם n c mp He bowed the heavens also, and came down; Thick darkness was under his feet.
- 2 Samuel 22:14 שָׁמַ֖יִם n c mp Yahweh thundered from heaven, The Most High uttered his voice.
1 Kings 18 verses
- 1 Kings 8:22 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
- 1 Kings 8:23 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c mp and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
- 1 Kings 8:27 הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם וּ/שְׁמֵ֤י הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp conj + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
- 1 Kings 8:30 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Listen you to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling-place; and when you hear, forgive.
- 1 Kings 8:32 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear you in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
- 1 Kings 8:34 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:35 שָׁמַ֛יִם n c mp When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:
- 1 Kings 8:36 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
- 1 Kings 8:39 הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
- 1 Kings 8:43 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.
- 1 Kings 8:45 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
- 1 Kings 8:49 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;
- 1 Kings 8:54 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp It was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.
- 1 Kings 14:11 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Him who dies of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat: for Yahweh has spoken it.
- 1 Kings 16:4 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Him who dies of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him who dies of his in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.
- 1 Kings 18:45 וְ/הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
- 1 Kings 21:24 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Him who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him who dies in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.
- 1 Kings 22:19 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
2 Kings 14 verses
- 2 Kings 1:10 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
- 2 Kings 1:12 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Elijah answered them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
- 2 Kings 1:14 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 2:1 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
- 2 Kings 2:11 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- 2 Kings 7:2 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם prep det + n c mp Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? He said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
- 2 Kings 7:19 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם prep det + n c mp and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it:
- 2 Kings 14:27 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh didn't say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
- 2 Kings 17:16 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served Baal.
- 2 Kings 19:15 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
- 2 Kings 21:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served them.
- 2 Kings 21:5 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:4 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:5 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the sky.
1 Chronicles 6 verses
- 1 Chronicles 16:26 שָׁמַ֥יִם n c mp For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Yahweh made the heavens.
- 1 Chronicles 16:31 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let them say among the nations, Yahweh reigns.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
- 1 Chronicles 21:26 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp David built there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
- 1 Chronicles 27:23 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c mp Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
2 Chronicles 25 verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:6 הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם וּ/שְׁמֵ֥י הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp conj + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Huram said moreover, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיְמָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
- 2 Chronicles 6:14 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם prep det + n c mp and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven, or on earth; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
- 2 Chronicles 6:18 שָׁמַ֜יִם וּ/שְׁמֵ֤י הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ n c mp conj + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
- 2 Chronicles 6:21 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Listen you to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
- 2 Chronicles 6:23 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
- 2 Chronicles 6:25 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 6:26 הַ/שָּׁמַ֛יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:
- 2 Chronicles 6:27 הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
- 2 Chronicles 6:30 הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear from heaven, your dwelling-place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)
- 2 Chronicles 6:33 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
- 2 Chronicles 6:35 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
- 2 Chronicles 6:39 הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
- 2 Chronicles 7:1 מֵֽ/הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם prep + ptcl def.art + n c mp Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
- 2 Chronicles 7:13 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 18:18 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 בַּ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם prep det + n c mp and he said, Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren't you God in heaven? and aren't you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9 לַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם prep det + n c mp But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 לַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם prep det + n c mp Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 32:20 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 33:3 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served them.
- 2 Chronicles 33:5 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He built altars for all the host of the sky in the two courts of the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 1:2 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Yahweh, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
- Ezra 9:6 לַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם prep det + n c mp and I said, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up to the heavens.
Nehemiah 11 verses
- Nehemiah 1:4 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
- Nehemiah 1:5 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp and said, I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
- Nehemiah 1:9 הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.
- Nehemiah 2:4 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
- Nehemiah 2:20 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 9:6 הַ/שָּׁמַיִם֩ שְׁמֵ֨י הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp You are Yahweh, even you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all; and the host of heaven worships you.
- Nehemiah 9:13 מִ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם prep + n c mp You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- Nehemiah 9:15 מִ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם prep + n c mp and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
- Nehemiah 9:23 הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Their children also multiplied you as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you did say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
- Nehemiah 9:27 מִ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep + n c mp Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
- Nehemiah 9:28 מִ/שָּׁמַ֧יִם prep + n c mp But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times did you deliver them according to your mercies,
Job 23 verses
- Job 1:16 הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 2:12 הַ/שָּׁמָֽיְמָ/ה ptcl def.art + n c mp + sfx dem When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
- Job 9:8 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp Who alone stretches out the heavens, Treads on the waves of the sea;
- Job 11:8 שָׁ֭מַיִם n c mp They are high as heaven. What can you do? Deeper than Sheol: what can you know?
- Job 12:7 הַ֝/שָּׁמַ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp "But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; The birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
- Job 14:12 שָׁ֭מַיִם n c mp So man lies down and doesn't rise; Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
- Job 15:15 וְ֝/שָׁמַ֗יִם conj + n c mp Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones; Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
- Job 16:19 בַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c md Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
- Job 20:6 לַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם prep det + n c mp Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,
- Job 20:27 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The earth shall rise up against him.
- Job 22:12 שָׁמָ֑יִם n c mp "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
- Job 22:14 שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם n c mp Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
- Job 26:11 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.
- Job 26:13 שָׁמַ֣יִם n c mp By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
- Job 28:21 הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the sky.
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.
