ἐπουράνιος epouranios

Greek word for “heavenly” · Strong’s G2032 · used 19 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

ἐπουράνιος, -ον; (οὐρανός);

How it is translated

Glosses given for epouranios in context, with how often each is used:

• heavenly 9
• heavenly realms 5
• heavenly one 2
• heaven 1
• heavens 1
• heavenly things 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 15 (3), Ephesians 1 (2), John 3 (1), Ephesians 2 (1), Ephesians 3 (1), Ephesians 6 (1), Philippians 2 (1), 2 Timothy 4 (1), Hebrews 3 (1), Hebrews 6 (1)

Forms

• ἐπουρανίοις 5
• ἐπουρανίου 4
• ἐπουράνια 3
• ἐπουρανίων 3
• ἐπουράνιος 1
• ἐπουράνιοι 1
• ἐπουράνιον 1
• ἐπουρανίῳ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epouranios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐπίγειος epigeios “earthly” 3
• χοϊκός choikos “made of dust” 2
• μέτοχος metochos “partaker” 2
• ὑπόδειγμα hupodeigma “example” 2
• κρείσσων kreissōn “greater” 2
• πνευματικός pneumatikos “spiritual” 2
• ἀρχή archē “beginning” 2
• ὄρος oros “mountain” 2
• ἐξουσία exousia “authority” 2
• νῦν nun “now” 2
• δόξα doxa “glory” 2
• πόλις polis “city” 2

Key verses

The verses using epouranios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ephesians 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
• Ephesians 1:20 — Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
• Ephesians 3:10 — To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
• Ephesians 6:12 — For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual…
• Philippians 2:10 — That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
• 2 Timothy 4:18 — And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Hebrews 3:1 — Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
• Hebrews 6:4 — For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
• Hebrews 8:5 — Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that…
• Hebrews 9:23 — It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices…
• Hebrews 11:16 — But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
• Hebrews 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.