שָׁמַיִןshâmayin

heavens

Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yin · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8065

Meanings

1. visible sky (Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 4:8; Daniel 4:10)

2. heavens, as abode of God (Daniel 2:28; Daniel 4:31; Daniel 4:23)

Same root

שָׁמַיִםshâmayim · H8064the 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)

Where it appears

Appears 38 times in the Bible.

Ezra 5:11 “This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel.
Ezra 5:12 But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.
Ezra 6:9 “Give the priests in Jerusalem whatever is needed in the way of young bulls, rams, and male lambs for the burnt offerings presented to the God of heaven. And without fail, provide them with as much wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil as they need each day.
Ezra 6:10 Then they will be able to offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the welfare of the king and his sons.
Ezra 7:12 “From Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the teacher of the law of the God of heaven. Greetings.
Ezra 7:21 “I, Artaxerxes the king, hereby send this decree to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: ‘You are to give Ezra, the priest and teacher of the law of the God of heaven, whatever he requests of you.

See every passage

Ezra 5:11, 5:12, 6:9, 6:10, 7:12, 7:21, 7:23
Jeremiah 10:11
Daniel 2:18, 2:19, 2:28, 2:37, 2:38, 2:44, 4:11, 4:12, 4:13, 4:15, 4:20, 4:21, 4:22, 4:23, 4:25, 4:26, 4:31, 4:33, 4:34, 4:35, 4:37, 5:21, 5:23, 6:27, 7:2, 7:13, 7:27

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).