For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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οὐρανός
Vocabulary form:
οὐρανός
Definition:
heaven; sky
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
273
GK:
4041
Cognates:
Uranus is the Greek god of heaven.
Mnemonics:
Uranus is up in the sky.
Mnemonic Singing:
Let every heart prepare Him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
Notes:
You will often find oujranovV in the plural. This is the result of a Jewish way of speaking, and you can translate the plural as a singular if it fits the context.
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 3:2 | “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is at hand. |
| Matthew 3:16 | And when Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up from the water, the heavens (ouranoi | οὐρανοί | nom pl masc) were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. |
| Matthew 3:17 | And a voice from heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight.” |
| Matthew 4:17 | From then on Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is at hand.” |
| Matthew 5:3 | “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Matthew 5:10 | Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Matthew 5:12 | Rejoice and be very glad because your reward is great in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc); for that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you. |
| Matthew 5:16 | Let your light shine like that before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) |
| Matthew 5:18 | I tell you the truth, until heaven (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) and earth pass away, not a single iota or one little stroke will pass from the law until everything takes place. |
| Matthew 5:19 | Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc); but whoever does them and teaches others, this person will be called great in the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Matthew 5:20 | For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Matthew 5:34 | But I say to you, do not take an oath at all; neither by heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), for it is the throne of God, |
| Matthew 5:45 | so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc), for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. |
| Matthew 6:1 | “Take care not to perform your good deeds before others so as to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc). |
| Matthew 6:9 | Pray then like this: ‘Our Father in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc), may your name be revered, |
| Matthew 6:10 | may your kingdom come, may your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc). |
| Matthew 6:20 | but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal. |
| Matthew 6:26 | Look at the birds of the air (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not more valuable than they? |
| Matthew 7:11 | If then you, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) give good things to those who ask him! |
| Matthew 7:21 | “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc), but the one who does the will of my Father in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc). |
| Matthew 8:11 | I tell you, many will come from the east and west to recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc), |
| Matthew 8:20 | And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have lairs and birds of the air (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” |
| Matthew 10:7 | As you go, proclaim the message, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is at hand.’ |
| Matthew 10:32 | So everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc); |
| Matthew 10:33 | but whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father who is in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc). |
| Matthew 11:11 | “I tell you the truth, there has not risen among those born of women anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is greater than he. |
| Matthew 11:12 | From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) has suffered violence, and the violent are taking it by force. |
| Matthew 11:23 | And as for you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc)? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, had been done the mighty works done in you it would have remained to this day. |
| Matthew 11:25 | At that time Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them to little children; |
| Matthew 12:50 | For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc), he is my brother and sister and mother.” |
| Matthew 13:11 | He answered them, saying, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc), but to them it has not been given. |
| Matthew 13:24 | Jesus put another parable before them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is like a man sowing good seed in his field. |
| Matthew 13:31 | He gave them another parable, saying: “The kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. |
| Matthew 13:32 | It is the smallest of all the seeds; but when it is grown, it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) come and nest in its branches.” |
| Matthew 13:33 | He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is like leaven, which a woman took and put into three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.” |
| Matthew 13:44 | “The kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is like treasure hidden in a field that a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. |
| Matthew 13:45 | Again, the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is like a merchant searching for fine pearls; |
| Matthew 13:47 | Again, the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and caught fish of every kind; |
| Matthew 13:52 | And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) is like the master of a house who brings out of his treasure things new and old.” |
| Matthew 14:19 | Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc), said a blessing, and broke the loaves. He gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. |
| Matthew 16:1 | Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc). |
| Matthew 16:2 | And he answered them, saying, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) is red’; |
| Matthew 16:3 | and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times? |
| Matthew 16:17 | And Jesus responded, saying to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc). |
| Matthew 16:19 | I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc), and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc), and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.” (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) |
| Matthew 18:1 | At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) |
| Matthew 18:3 | said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) |
| Matthew 18:4 | For whoever humbles himself as this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Matthew 18:10 | “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) always see the face of my Father who is in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc). |
| Matthew 18:14 | In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) that even one of these little ones should perish. |
Mnemonics
mnemonic
ouranos as in uranus