Hebrew word study
שָׁמַיִם H8064
- Transliteration
- shâmayim
- Pronunciation
- shaw-mah'-yim
- KJV glosses
- air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).
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