Hebrew · Strong’s H8064
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/
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)
Derivation:
dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
420
Times used
420
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Verses (first 60 of 281)
- Genesis 1:1
- Genesis 1:8
- Genesis 1:9
- Genesis 1:14
- Genesis 1:15
- Genesis 1:17
- Genesis 1:26
- Genesis 1:28
- Genesis 1:30
- Genesis 2:1
- Genesis 2:4
- Genesis 2:19
- Genesis 2:20
- Genesis 6:7
- Genesis 6:17
- Genesis 7:3
- Genesis 7:11
- Genesis 7:19
- Genesis 7:23
- Genesis 8:2
- Genesis 9:2
- Genesis 11:4
- Genesis 14:19
- Genesis 14:22
- Genesis 15:5
- Genesis 21:17
- Genesis 22:11
- Genesis 22:15
- Genesis 22:17
- Genesis 24:3
- Genesis 24:7
- Genesis 26:4
- Genesis 27:28
- Genesis 27:39
- Genesis 28:12
- Genesis 49:25
- Exodus 9:8
- Exodus 9:10
- Exodus 9:22
- Exodus 9:23
- Exodus 10:21
- Exodus 10:22
- Exodus 16:4
- Exodus 20:4
- Exodus 20:11
- Exodus 24:10
- Exodus 31:17
- Exodus 32:13
- Leviticus 26:19
- Deuteronomy 1:10
- Deuteronomy 1:28
- Deuteronomy 2:25
- Deuteronomy 3:24
- Deuteronomy 4:11
- Deuteronomy 4:19
- Deuteronomy 4:26
- Deuteronomy 4:32
- Deuteronomy 4:36
- Deuteronomy 4:39
- Deuteronomy 5:8
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.