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Strong's Exhausive Concised Dictionary - שָׁמַיִם

שָׁמַיִם

H8064

Transliteration: shâmayim

Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yim

Definition: air


שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim | shaw-mah'-yim)
[Heb] שָׁמַיִם OSHL: v.dy.ab TWOT: 2407a GK: H9028" class="dictionary-topic-link">H9028 Greek: ἄστρον, ἐπουράνιος, ἥλιος, οὐράνιος, οὐρανός
Derivation: dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
Strong's: 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)
KJV: air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

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