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Hebrew word study

שָׁמַיִםshâmayim — the sky (as aloft

Pronounced “shaw-mah'-yim”

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)

Translated in the King James as: air, astrologer, heaven(-s).

Appears 421 times in Scripture

Origin: dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 41×
Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:8Genesis 1:9Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:15Genesis 1:17Genesis 1:20Genesis 1:26Genesis 1:28Genesis 1:30Genesis 2:1Genesis 2:4Genesis 2:19Genesis 2:20Genesis 6:7Genesis 6:17Genesis 7:3Genesis 7:11Genesis 7:19Genesis 7:23Genesis 8:2Genesis 9:2Genesis 11:4Genesis 14:19Genesis 14:22+ 16 more in Genesis
Exodus — 14×
Exodus 9:8Exodus 9:10Exodus 9:22Exodus 9:23Exodus 10:21Exodus 10:22Exodus 16:4Exodus 17:14Exodus 20:4Exodus 20:11Exodus 20:22Exodus 24:10Exodus 31:17Exodus 32:13
Leviticus — 1×
Leviticus 26:19
Deuteronomy — 44×
Deuteronomy 1:10Deuteronomy 1:28Deuteronomy 2:25Deuteronomy 3:24Deuteronomy 4:11Deuteronomy 4:17Deuteronomy 4:19Deuteronomy 4:26Deuteronomy 4:32Deuteronomy 4:36Deuteronomy 4:39Deuteronomy 5:8Deuteronomy 7:24Deuteronomy 9:1Deuteronomy 9:14Deuteronomy 10:14Deuteronomy 10:22Deuteronomy 11:11Deuteronomy 11:17Deuteronomy 11:21Deuteronomy 17:3Deuteronomy 25:19Deuteronomy 26:15Deuteronomy 28:12Deuteronomy 28:23+ 19 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 4×
Joshua 2:11Joshua 8:20Joshua 10:11Joshua 10:13
Judges — 4×
Judges 5:4Judges 5:20Judges 13:20Judges 20:40
1 Samuel — 4×
1 Sam 2:101 Sam 5:121 Sam 17:441 Sam 17:46
2 Samuel — 6×
2 Sam 18:92 Sam 21:102 Sam 22:82 Sam 22:102 Sam 22:14+ 1 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings — 20×
1 Ki 8:221 Ki 8:231 Ki 8:271 Ki 8:301 Ki 8:321 Ki 8:341 Ki 8:351 Ki 8:361 Ki 8:391 Ki 8:431 Ki 8:451 Ki 8:491 Ki 8:541 Ki 14:111 Ki 16:41 Ki 18:451 Ki 21:241 Ki 22:19+ 2 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings — 16×
2 Ki 1:102 Ki 1:122 Ki 1:142 Ki 2:12 Ki 2:112 Ki 7:22 Ki 7:192 Ki 14:272 Ki 17:162 Ki 19:152 Ki 21:32 Ki 21:52 Ki 23:42 Ki 23:5+ 2 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 6×
1 Chr 16:261 Chr 16:311 Chr 21:161 Chr 21:261 Chr 27:231 Chr 29:11
2 Chronicles — 29×
2 Chr 2:62 Chr 2:122 Chr 6:132 Chr 6:142 Chr 6:182 Chr 6:212 Chr 6:232 Chr 6:252 Chr 6:262 Chr 6:272 Chr 6:302 Chr 6:332 Chr 6:352 Chr 6:392 Chr 7:12 Chr 7:132 Chr 7:142 Chr 18:182 Chr 20:62 Chr 28:92 Chr 30:272 Chr 32:202 Chr 33:32 Chr 33:52 Chr 36:23+ 4 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra — 2×
Ezra 1:2Ezra 9:6
Nehemiah — 14×
Nehemiah 1:4Nehemiah 1:5Nehemiah 1:9Nehemiah 2:4Nehemiah 2:20Nehemiah 9:6Nehemiah 9:13Nehemiah 9:15Nehemiah 9:23Nehemiah 9:27Nehemiah 9:28+ 3 more in Nehemiah
Job — 23×
Job 1:16Job 2:12Job 9:8Job 11:8Job 12:7Job 14:12Job 15:15Job 16:19Job 20:6Job 20:27Job 22:12Job 22:14Job 26:11Job 26:13Job 28:21Job 28:24Job 35:5Job 35:11Job 37:3Job 38:29Job 38:33Job 38:37Job 41:11
Psalms — 74×
Psalms 2:4Psalms 8:1Psalms 8:3Psalms 8:8Psalms 11:4Psalms 14:2Psalms 18:9Psalms 18:13Psalms 19:1Psalms 19:6Psalms 20:6Psalms 33:6Psalms 33:13Psalms 36:5Psalms 50:4Psalms 50:6Psalms 53:2Psalms 57:3Psalms 57:5Psalms 57:10Psalms 57:11Psalms 68:8Psalms 68:33Psalms 69:34Psalms 73:9+ 49 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 6×
Proverbs 3:19Proverbs 8:27Proverbs 23:5Proverbs 25:3Proverbs 30:4Proverbs 30:19
Ecclesiastes — 5×
Eccles 1:13Eccles 2:3Eccles 3:1Eccles 5:2Eccles 10:20
Isaiah — 33×
Isaiah 1:2Isaiah 13:5Isaiah 13:10Isaiah 13:13Isaiah 14:12Isaiah 14:13Isaiah 34:4Isaiah 34:5Isaiah 37:16Isaiah 40:12Isaiah 40:22Isaiah 42:5Isaiah 44:23Isaiah 44:24Isaiah 45:8Isaiah 45:12Isaiah 45:18Isaiah 47:13Isaiah 48:13Isaiah 49:13Isaiah 50:3Isaiah 51:6Isaiah 51:13Isaiah 51:16Isaiah 55:9+ 8 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 33×
Jeremiah 2:12Jeremiah 4:23Jeremiah 4:25Jeremiah 4:28Jeremiah 7:18Jeremiah 7:33Jeremiah 8:2Jeremiah 8:7Jeremiah 9:10Jeremiah 10:2Jeremiah 10:12Jeremiah 10:13Jeremiah 14:22Jeremiah 15:3Jeremiah 16:4Jeremiah 19:7Jeremiah 19:13Jeremiah 23:24Jeremiah 31:37Jeremiah 32:17Jeremiah 33:22Jeremiah 33:25Jeremiah 34:20Jeremiah 44:17Jeremiah 44:18+ 8 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 5×
Lam 2:1Lam 3:41Lam 3:50Lam 3:66Lam 4:19
Ezekiel — 9×
Ezekiel 1:1Ezekiel 8:3Ezekiel 29:5Ezekiel 31:6Ezekiel 31:13Ezekiel 32:4Ezekiel 32:7Ezekiel 32:8Ezekiel 38:20
Daniel — 5×
Daniel 8:8Daniel 8:10Daniel 9:12Daniel 11:4Daniel 12:7
Hosea — 4×
Hosea 2:18Hosea 2:21Hosea 4:3Hosea 7:12
Joel — 3×
Joel 2:10Joel 2:30Joel 3:16
Amos — 2×
Amos 9:2Amos 9:6
Jonah — 1×
Jonah 1:9
Nahum — 1×
Nahum 3:16
Habakkuk — 1×
Habakkuk 3:3
Zephaniah — 2×
Zeph 1:3Zeph 1:5
Haggai — 3×
Haggai 1:10Haggai 2:6Haggai 2:21
Zechariah — 5×
Zech 2:6Zech 5:9Zech 6:5Zech 8:12Zech 12:1
Malachi — 1×
Malachi 3:10

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