שָׁמַיִם
sha.ma.yim
1. heaven, heavens, sky
a. visible heavens, sky
1. as abode of the stars
2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
b. Heaven (as the abode of God)
Aramaic equivalent: sha.ma.yin (שָׁמַ֫יִן "heaven" H8065)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 395 verses
- 2 Chronicles 6:14 בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִם
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
- 2 Chronicles 6:18 שָׁמַ֜יִםוּשְׁמֵ֤יהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙
But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- 2 Chronicles 6:21 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
- 2 Chronicles 6:23 הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
- 2 Chronicles 6:25 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 6:26 הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם
When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
- 2 Chronicles 6:27 הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
- 2 Chronicles 6:30 הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם
be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
- 2 Chronicles 6:33 הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
- 2 Chronicles 6:35 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
- 2 Chronicles 6:39 הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
- 2 Chronicles 7:1 מֵֽהַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- 2 Chronicles 7:13 הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙
If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 18:18 הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙
Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם
and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9 לַשָּׁמַ֖יִם
But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃פ
Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 32:20 הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃פ
In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,
- 2 Chronicles 33:3 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 33:5 הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
- Ezra 1:2 הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
- Ezra 9:6 לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- Nehemiah 1:4 הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
- Nehemiah 1:5 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Nehemiah 1:9 הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙
but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
- Nehemiah 2:4 הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
- Nehemiah 2:20 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
- Nehemiah 9:6 הַשָּׁמַיִם֩שְׁמֵ֨יהַשָּׁמַ֜יִםהַשָּׁמַ֖יִם
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
- Nehemiah 9:13 מִשָּׁמָ֑יִם
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
- Nehemiah 9:15 מִשָּׁמַ֜יִם
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
- Nehemiah 9:23 הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
- Nehemiah 9:27 מִשָּׁמַ֣יִם
So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
- Nehemiah 9:28 מִשָּׁמַ֧יִם
But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
- Job 1:16 הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 2:12 הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃
When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
- Job 9:8 שָׁמַ֣יִם
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
- Job 11:8 שָׁ֭מַיִם
They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
- Job 12:7 הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
- Job 14:12 שָׁ֭מַיִם
so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
- Job 15:15 וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם
If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
- Job 16:19 בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם
Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
- Job 20:6 לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם
Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
- Job 20:27 שָׁמַ֣יִם
The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
- Job 22:12 שָׁמָ֑יִם
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
- Job 22:14 שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם
Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
- Job 26:11 שָׁמַ֣יִם
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
- Job 26:13 שָׁמַ֣יִם
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
- Job 28:21 הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.