Hebrew word

shâmayim

shaw-mah'-yim

שָׁמַיִם

What it means

the sky (as aloft

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)

Where it comes from

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

How the King James translates it

heaven258
heavens98
air19

Every place it appears 375

Genesis1:1 1:8 1:9 1:14 1:15 1:17 1:26 1:28 1:30 2:1 2:4 2:19 2:20 6:7 6:17 7:3 7:11 7:19 7:23 8:2 9:2 11:4 14:19 14:22 15:5 21:17 22:11 22:15 22:17 24:3 24:7 26:4 27:28 27:39 28:12 49:25

Exodus9:8 9:10 9:22 9:23 10:21 10:22 16:4 20:4 20:11 24:10 31:17 32:13

Leviticus26:19

Deuteronomy1:10 1:28 2:25 3:24 4:11 4:19 4:26 4:32 4:36 4:39 5:8 7:24 9:14 10:14 10:22 11:17 11:21 17:3 25:19 26:15 28:12 28:23 28:24 28:26 28:62 30:4 30:12 30:19 31:28 32:1 32:40 33:13 33:26 33:28

Joshua2:11 8:20 10:11 10:13

Judges5:4 5:20 13:20

1 Samuel2:10 5:12 17:44 17:46

2 Samuel18:9 21:10 22:8 22:10 22:14

1 Kings8:22 8:23 8:27 8:30 8:32 8:34 8:35 8:36 8:39 8:43 8:45 8:49 8:54 14:11 16:4 18:45 21:24 22:19

2 Kings1:10 1:12 1:14 2:1 2:11 7:2 7:19 14:27 17:16 19:15 21:3 21:5 23:4 23:5

1 Chronicles16:26 16:31 21:16 21:26 27:23 29:11

2 Chronicles2:6 2:12 6:13 6:14 6:18 6:21 6:23 6:25 6:26 6:27 6:30 6:33 6:35 6:39 7:1 7:13 7:14 18:18 20:6 28:9 30:27 32:20 33:3 33:5 36:23

Ezra1:2

Nehemiah1:5 1:9 2:20 9:6 9:13 9:15 9:23 9:27 9:28

Job1:16 9:8 11:8 12:7 14:12 15:15 16:19 20:6 20:27 22:12 26:11 26:13 35:5 37:3 38:29 38:33

Proverbs8:27 25:3 30:4 30:19

Ecclesiastes1:13 2:3 5:2 10:20

Isaiah1:2 13:5 13:10 13:13 14:12 14:13 34:4 34:5 37:16 40:12 40:22 42:5 44:23 44:24 45:8 45:12 45:18 48:13 49:13 50:3 51:6 51:13 51:16 55:9 55:10 63:15 64:1 65:17 66:1 66:22

Jeremiah2:12 4:23 4:25 4:28 7:18 7:33 8:2 8:7 9:10 10:2 10:12 10:13 14:22 15:3 16:4 19:7 19:13 23:24 31:37 32:17 33:22 33:25 34:20 44:17 44:18 44:19 44:25 49:36 51:9 51:15 51:16 51:48 51:53

Lamentations2:1 3:66 4:19

Ezekiel1:1 8:3 31:6 31:13 32:4 32:7 32:8 38:20

Daniel8:10 9:12 11:4 12:7

Hosea2:18 2:21 4:3 7:12

Joel2:10 2:30 3:16

Amos9:2 9:6

Jonah1:9

Nahum3:16

Habakkuk3:3

Zephaniah1:3 1:5

Haggai1:10 2:6 2:21

Zechariah2:6 6:5 8:12 12:1

Malachi3:10