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GreekG3772Noun (Masculine)

οὐρανός

ouranos

261Occurrences
G3772Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)

perhaps from the same as G3735 (ὄρος) (through the idea of elevation);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
heaven
1.of the vault or firmament of heaven, the sky and the aerial regions above the earth
2.Of the abode of God and other blessed beings
3.By meton.
(a)of the inhabitants of heaven
(b)as an evasive reference to God, characteristic of later Judaism (Dalman, Words, 204ff.)
1.prop. abstract, sovereignty, royal power, dominion
2.By meton., concrete
(a)a kingdom, the territory or people over whom the king rules (
(b)the royal majesty, the king himself (τ. σπέρμα τῆς β., 4
3.In LXX (
LXX: chiefly for שָׁמַיִם (hence, often pl., οἱ οὐ., see infr.)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

οὐρανός appears 261 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
72
Revelation
51
Luke
35
Acts
24
Mark
19
John
16
Hebrews
11
2 Peter
6

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 15:47BSB

The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

Hebrews 1:10BSB

And:“In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth,and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Luke 21:26BSB

Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Matthew 23:22BSB

And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

Revelation 10:1BSB

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.