שָׁמַיִם

Derivation

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

Meaning

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)

In the King James Version

air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

Translated as

heaven (258), heavens (99), air (19)

Where it appears

Found in 355 verses

Genesis

1:1, 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 + 16 more

Exodus

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

Leviticus

26:19

Deuteronomy

1:10, 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 + 14 more

Joshua

2:11, 8:20, 10:11, 10:13

Judges

5:4, 5:20, 13:20

1 Samuel

2:10, 5:12, 17:44, 17:46

2 Samuel

18:9, 21:10, 22:8, 22:10, 22:14

1 Kings

8:22, 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 Kings

1:10, 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 Chronicles

16:26, 16:31, 21:16, 21:26, 27:23, 29:11

2 Chronicles

2:6, 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 + 5 more

Ezra

1:2

Nehemiah

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

Job

1:16, 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

Psalms

2:4, 8:3, 8:8, 11:4, 14:2, 18:9, 18:13, 19:1, 19:6, 20:6, 33:6, 33:13, 36:5, 50:4, 50:6, 53:2, 57:3, 57:5, 57:10, 57:11 + 38 more

Proverbs

8:27, 25:3, 30:4, 30:19

Ecclesiastes

1:13, 2:3, 5:2, 10:20

Isaiah

1:2, 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, 47:13, 48:13, 49:13 + 11 more

Jeremiah

2:12, 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 + 13 more

Lamentations

2:1, 3:66, 4:19

Ezekiel

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

Daniel

8:10, 9:12, 11:4, 12:7

Hosea

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

Joel

2:10, 2:30, 3:16

Amos

9:2, 9:6

Jonah

1:9

Nahum

3:16

Habakkuk

3:3

Zephaniah

1:3, 1:5

Haggai

1:10, 2:6, 2:21

Zechariah

2:6, 6:5, 8:12, 12:1

Malachi

3:10