Strong's Concordance H8064

Original Word: שָׁמַיִם
Transliteration: shâmayim
Phonetic Spelling: shaw-mah'-yim
dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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); air, × astrologer, heaven(-s).

Usages throughout the bible

1 Samuel 2:10 - The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven H8064 shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

1 Samuel 5:12 - And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. H8064

1 Samuel 17:44 - And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, H8064 and to the beasts of the field.

1 Samuel 17:46 - This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, H8064 and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

2 Samuel 18:9 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven H8064 and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

2 Samuel 21:10 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, H8064 and suffered neither the birds of the air H8064 to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

2 Samuel 22:8 - Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven H8064 moved and shook, because he was wroth.

2 Samuel 22:10 - He bowed the heavens H8064 also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

2 Samuel 22:14 - The LORD thundered from heaven, H8064 and the most High uttered his voice.

1 Kings 8:22 - And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: H8064

1 Kings 8:23 - And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven H8064 above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:

1 Kings 8:27 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven H8064 and heaven H8064 of heavens H8064 cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

1 Kings 8:30 - And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven H8064 thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

1 Kings 8:32 - Then hear thou in heaven, H8064 and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

1 Kings 8:34 - Then hear thou in heaven, H8064 and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

1 Kings 8:35 - When heaven H8064 is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

1 Kings 8:36 - Then hear thou in heaven, H8064 and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

1 Kings 8:39 - Then hear thou in heaven H8064 thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

1 Kings 8:43 - Hear thou in heaven H8064 thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

1 Kings 8:45 - Then hear thou in heaven H8064 their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

1 Kings 8:49 - Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven H8064 thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

1 Kings 8:54 - And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. H8064

1 Kings 14:11 - Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air H8064 eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.

1 Kings 16:4 - Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air H8064 eat.

1 Kings 18:45 - And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven H8064 was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

1 Kings 21:24 - Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air H8064 eat.

2 Kings 1:10 - And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, H8064 and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, H8064 and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kings 1:12 - And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, H8064 and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, H8064 and consumed him and his fifty.

2 Kings 1:14 - Behold, there came fire down from heaven, H8064 and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.

2 Kings 2:1 - And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven H8064 by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

2 Kings 2:11 - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. H8064

2 Kings 7:2 - Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, H8064 might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

2 Kings 7:19 - And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, H8064 might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

2 Kings 14:27 - And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: H8064 but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

2 Kings 17:16 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, H8064 and served Baal.

2 Kings 19:15 - And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven H8064 and earth.

2 Kings 21:3 - For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, H8064 and served them.

2 Kings 21:5 - And he built altars for all the host of heaven H8064 in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 23:4 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: H8064 and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.

2 Kings 23:5 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. H8064

1 Chronicles 16:26 - For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. H8064

1 Chronicles 16:31 - Let the heavens H8064 be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

1 Chronicles 21:16 - And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, H8064 having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

1 Chronicles 21:26 - And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven H8064 by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 27:23 - But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. H8064

1 Chronicles 29:11 - Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven H8064 and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

2 Chronicles 2:6 - But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven H8064 and heaven H8064 of heavens H8064 cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

2 Chronicles 2:12 - Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven H8064 and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 6:13 - For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, H8064

2 Chronicles 6:14 - And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, H8064 nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: