Strong's Lexicon

H8065

H8065 — שָׁמַיִן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Aramaicshamayinnoun mascOccurrences: 38TWOT: 3038

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8065
Word:שָׁמַיִן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:(Aramaic) corresponding to H8064
Language:Aramaic
Occurrences:38
Transliteration:shamayin
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shaw-mah'-yin
Meaning:1. heaven
KJV Renderings:Not listed

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BDB9965

[שְׁמַ֫יִן] noun masculine plural heavens (Biblical Hebrew [שָׁמַי], שָׁמַיִם, √ שׁמה ); — always emphatic שְׁמַיָּא:

1. visible sky Jer 10:11; Dan 4:8; Dan 4:10; Dan 4:17; Dan 4:19; Dan 4:20; Dan 4:27; Dan 4:28 ׳ עוֺף שׁ Dan 2:38 ׳ צִפֲּרֵי שׁ Dan 4:9; Dan 4:18 ׳ טַל שׁ v.Dan 4:12 v.Dan 4:20 v.Dan 4:22 v.Dan 4:30; Dan 5:21 ׳ רוּחֵי שׁ Dan 7:2 winds of the sky; ׳ עֲנָנֵי שׁ Dan 7:13 heavens + earth = universe Jer 10:11, where God shews signs Dan 6:28.
2. heavens as abode of God Dan 2:28; Dan 4:31, hence, figurative, as ruling v.Dan 4:23 (׳ שׁ sometimes = God in Late Hebrew, J , Aramaic, DWorte Jesu 179; Eng.Tr.218 f.); as abode of angels v.Dan 4:32 (Dr); elsewhere in phrase ׳ אֱלָהּ שׁ Dan 2:18; Dan 2:19; Dan 2:37; Dan 2:44; Ezra 5:11; Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21; Ezra 7:23 (twice in verse), ׳ מֶלֶךְ שׁ Dan 4:34, ׳ מָרֵא שׁ Dan 5:23.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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