οὐρανός ouranos

Greek word for “heaven” · Strong’s G3772 · used 273 times in 255 verses

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Meaning

οὐρανός, -οῦ, ὁ; heaven;

How it is translated

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

• heaven 164
• heavens 89
• air 8
• sky 8
• heavens? 1
• heaven? 1
• heaven is 1
• heaven?’ 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (9), Matthew 13 (9), John 6 (9), Matthew 18 (8), Revelation 12 (7), Matthew 6 (5), Matthew 16 (5), Matthew 24 (5), 2 Peter 3 (5), Revelation 10 (5)

Forms

• οὐρανοῦ 92
• οὐρανῶν 42
• οὐρανοῖς 36
• οὐρανῷ 35
• οὐρανὸν 31
• οὐρανόν 12
• οὐρανὸς 8
• οὐρανοὶ 5
• οὐρανός 4
• οὐρανοὺς 3

Words used with it

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

• γῆ gē “earth” 56
• καταβαίνω katabainō “to come/go down” 31
• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 34
• μέγας megas “great” 33
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 26
• πατήρ patēr “father” 29
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 21
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 26
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 23
• υἱός uhios “son” 21
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 20
• πετεινός peteinos “bird” 9

Key verses

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

• Matthew 5:18 — For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
• Matthew 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast…
• Matthew 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them…
• Matthew 28:18 — And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
• Acts 14:15 — And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the…
• Colossians 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every…
• Hebrews 7:26 — For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
• Hebrews 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him…
• Revelation 11:15 — And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his…
• Revelation 18:20 — Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
• Revelation 19:1 — And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
• Revelation 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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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.