Hebrew word study
שָׁמַיִן H8065
- Transliteration
- shâmayin
- Pronunciation
- shaw-mah'-yin
- KJV glosses
- heaven.
Lexical summary
{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)}
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
{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)}
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information