Strong's #8064: shamayim (pronounced shaw-mah'-yim)
dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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):--air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
ׁ / ׁ
shâmayim / shâmeh
1) heaven, heavens, sky
1a) visible heavens, sky
1a1) as abode of the stars
1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from an unused root meaning to be lofty
Usage:
This word is used 421 times:
2 Kings 21:3: "and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served"
2 Kings 21:5: "altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD."
2 Kings 23:4: "for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without"
2 Kings 23:5: "and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven."
1 Chronicles 16:26: "are idols: but the LORD made the heavens."
1 Chronicles 16:31: " Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth."
1 Chronicles 21:16: "stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out"
1 Chronicles 21:26: "the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering."
1 Chronicles 27:23: "the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens."
1 Chronicles 29:11: "and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted"
2 Chronicles 2:6: "is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot"
2 Chronicles 2:6: "to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain"
2 Chronicles 2:6: "him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who"
2 Chronicles 2:12: "that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David"
2 Chronicles 6:13: "of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,"
2 Chronicles 6:14: "there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and showest mercy"
2 Chronicles 6:18: "on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain"
2 Chronicles 6:18: "the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less"
2 Chronicles 6:18: "behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this"
2 Chronicles 6:21: "from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive."
2 Chronicles 6:23: "Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,"
2 Chronicles 6:25: "Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel,"
2 Chronicles 6:26: " When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray"
2 Chronicles 6:27: "Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel,"
2 Chronicles 6:30: "Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render"
2 Chronicles 6:33: "Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do"
2 Chronicles 6:35: "Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause."
2 Chronicles 6:39: "Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer"
2 Chronicles 7:1: "of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices;"
2 Chronicles 7:13: "If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command"
2 Chronicles 7:14: "ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,"
2 Chronicles 18:18: "his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left."
2 Chronicles 20:6: "art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms"
2 Chronicles 28:9: "them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven."
2 Chronicles 30:27: "came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven."
2 Chronicles 32:20: "of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven."
2 Chronicles 33:3: "and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served"
2 Chronicles 33:5: "altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 36:23: "of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged"
Ezra 1:2: "of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth;"
Ezra 9:6: "and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens."
Nehemiah 1:4: "and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,"
Nehemiah 1:5: "I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth"
Nehemiah 1:9: "there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring"
Nehemiah 2:4: "make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven."
Nehemiah 2:20: "Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we"
Nehemiah 9:6: "thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host,"
Nehemiah 9:6: "hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth,"
Nehemiah 9:6: "heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all"
Nehemiah 9:6: "them all; and the host of heaven worshipeth"
