שָׁמַיִם shamayim

Hebrew word for “heaven” · Strong’s H8064 · used 421 times in 395 verses

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Meaning

1) heaven, heavens, sky;

How it is translated

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

• heavens 353
• heaven 56
• heavens towards 11
• will be in the heavens 1

Where it is used

Also in 21 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 8 (13), 2 Chronicles 6 (12), Genesis 1 (10), Deuteronomy 4 (7), Nehemiah 9 (6), Deuteronomy 28 (5), Jeremiah 51 (5), Genesis 2 (4), Genesis 7 (4), Exodus 9 (4)

Forms

• השׁמים 236
• שׁמים 89
• בשׁמים 40
• משׁמים 16
• השׁמימה 11
• לשׁמים 5
• ושׁמים 4
• ושׁמי 4
• שׁמי 4
• שׁמיך 3

Words used with it

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

• עוֹף oph “bird” 39
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 36
• מִן־ min “from” 44
• כּוֹכָב kokhav “star” 20
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 36
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 35
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 28
• רָאָה raah “to see” 35
• נָטָה natah “to stretch” 20
• חַי chay “alive” 23
• בְּהֵמָה behemah “animal” 18
• אָדָם adam “man” 23

Key verses

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

• Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• Genesis 22:17 — That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and…
• Deuteronomy 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to…
• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• 1 Samuel 2:10 — The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give…
• 1 Chronicles 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine…
• Isaiah 1:2 — Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
• Isaiah 44:23 — Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for…
• Isaiah 44:24 — Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that…
• Isaiah 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
• Jeremiah 14:22 — Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait…
• Jeremiah 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

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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.