Strong's H8064

שָׁמַיִם

Transliteration

shâmayim

Pronunciation

shaw-mah'-yim

Definition

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)

KJV usage

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

Derivation

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

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.