- οὐρανός
- heaven
- οὐρανός
- the sky, the heaven
- heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.
- οὐρανός
- heaven
- G:N-M
- οὐρανός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁמַיִם (hence, often pl., οἱ οὐ., see infr.) ;]
heaven;
__1. of the vault or firmament of heaven, the sky and the aerial regions above the earth: opp. to ἡ γῆ,, 10; ὁ οὐ. καὶ ἡ γῆ, i.e. the world, the universe,Refs
Heb.1:10, 2Pe.3:5; ἀπ᾽ ἄκρων οὐ. ἕως ἄ. αὐτῶν (on the absence of art. aft. prep., see Bl, §46, 5), Mat.24:31; ὑπὸ τὸν οὐ.,Refs
Mat.5:18, Mrk.13:31, Luk.10:21, Act.4:24, Rev.10:6, al.; ὑψωθῆναι ἕως τοῦ οὐ., fig.,Refs
Act.2:5, Col.1:23; σημεῖον ἐκ τοῦ οὐ.,Refs
Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15; αἱ νεφέλαι, Mat.24:30, al.; τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐ.,Refs
Mat.16:1, Mrk.8:11, al.; οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐ., Rev.6:13, al.; pl. (οἱ) οὐ. (Bl., §32, 5),Refs
Mat.6:26, Mrk.4:32, al.Refs
Mat.3:16, Mrk.1:10, Jhn.1:32, 2Pe.3:7, 13 al.
__2. Of the abode of God and other blessed beings: of angels,; of Christ glorified,Refs
Mat.24:36, Mrk.12:25, Gal.1:8, Rev.10:1, al.; of God,Refs
Mrk.16:[19], Luk.24:51, Act.3:21, Rom.10:6, al.; ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐ. (Dalman, Words, 184ff.),Refs
Mat.5:34, Rom.1:18, al.; θησαυρὸς ἐν οὐ.,Refs
Mat.5:16 6:1, al.Refs
Mat.6:20, Mrk.10:21, al.
__3. By meton.,
__(a) of the inhabitants of heaven: Rev.18:20 (cf.);Refs
ib. 12:12, Job.15:15, Isa.44:23
__(b) as an evasive reference to God, characteristic of later Judaism (Dalman, Words, 204ff.):; ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐ. (= τοῦ Θεοῦ); see: βασιλεία).Refs
Mat.21:25, Mrk.11:30, Luk.15:18, Jhn.3:27, al.
βασιλεία, -ας, ἡ
(< βασιλεύω), [in LXX chiefly for מַמְלָכָה ,מַלְכוּת ;]
__1. prop. abstract, sovereignty, royal power, dominion:; λαβεῖν β.,Refs
Luk.1:33 22:29, Jhn.18:36, Act.1:6, Heb.1:8, 1Co.15:24; δοῦναι τὴν, ib. 17; ἔχειν β., ib. 18; ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τ. (εἰς τὴν) β.,Refs
Luk.19:12, 15 Rev.17:12; β. τ. θεοῦ, Rev.12:10.Refs
Mat.16:28, Luk.23:42
__2. By meton., concrete (MM, Exp., x),
__(a) a kingdom, the territory or people over whom the king rules (;Refs
Est.5:3, al.): Mat.4:8 12:25, 26 24:7, Mrk.3:24 6:23, Luk.4:5, Heb.11:33, al.
__(b) the royal majesty (cf. our phrase His Majesty), the king himself (τ. σπέρμα τῆς β., 4Ki.11:1).
__3. In LXX (), Targ. and NT, of the Messianic rule and kingdom, ἡ β. τ. θεοῦ, τ. οὐρανῶν (Heb. מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם, Aram. מַלְכוּתָא דִשׁמַיָּא; see Dalman, Words, 91-147; Cremer, 132, 658), the kingdom of God (on the equivalence of the two phrases, see Dalman, op. cit., 93, 218f.); τ. θεοῦ,Refs
Wis.6:5, Tob.13:1, al.; τ. οὐρανῶν,Refs
Mat.6:33 12:28, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ (מַלִכוּת דִמְשִׁיחא, Targ. Jon. onRefs
Mat.3:2 4:17, al.; τ. κυρίου,Refs
Isa.53:10), Eph.5:5; τ. Δαυείδ, Mrk.11:10; absol., ἡ β.,Refs
2Pe.1:11, Rev.11:15The kingdom is regarded as present:Refs
Mat.4:23, Jas.2:5, al.; as that which is to be consummated in the future,Refs
Mat.11:12, Luk.17:21, Rom.14:17, al.Noteworthy phrases are: ζητεῖν τὴν β., Mat.6:33; δέχεσθαι, Mrk.10:15; κλρονομεῖν, Mat.25:34; διδόναι, Lk 12:32; παραλαμβάνειν, Heb.12:28; αὐτῶν (τοιούτων) εστὶν ἡ β.,Refs
Mat.6:10, Mrk.9:1, Jhn.3:5, 2Pe.1:11, al.; διὰ τὴν β., Mat.19:12; ἕνεκεν τῆς β., Luk.18:29; εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, κηρύσσειν, διαγγέλλειν τὴν β.,Refs
Mat.5:3, 10 19:14, Mrk.10:14, Luk.18:16; ἤγγικεν ἡ β.,Refs
Luk.4:43 9:2, 60; κλεῖς τῆς β., Mat.16:10; κλείειν τὴν β., Mat.23:14; υἱοὶ τῆς β.,Refs
Mat.3:2, Mrk.1:15(cf. Cremer, 132, 658).Refs
Mat.8:12 13:38
(AS)
1) the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it
1a) the universe, the world
1b) the aerial heavens or sky, the region where the clouds and the tempests gather, and where thunder and lightning are produced
1c) the sidereal or starry heavens
2) the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings
1a) the universe, the world
1b) the aerial heavens or sky, the region where the clouds and the tempests gather, and where thunder and lightning are produced
1c) the sidereal or starry heavens
2) the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings
οὐρανός
ouranos
oo-ran-os'
Perhaps from the same as G3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension heaven (as the abode of God); by implication happiness, power, eternity; specifically the Gospel (Christianity)
KJV Usage: air, heaven ([-ly]), sky.