שָׁמַיִן
shâmayin(shaw-mah'-yin)
“{the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)}”
38 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
{the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)}
Translated in KJV as
heaven.
Etymology
(Aramaic) corresponding to H8064 (שָׁמַיִם)
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“But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people a…”