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οὐρανός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
οὐρανός, -οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
ouranos
Simplified transliteration: 
ouranos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3772
GK Number: 
4041
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
273
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 

sky, air, firmament, any area above the earth; heaven(s), the place of sun, moon, and stars; heaven

Definition: 

sky, air, firmament, any area above the earth; heaven(s), the place of sun, moon, and stars; heaven, in which God dwells. The third heaven may be a Jewish technical term for God's dwelling place; heaven in some contexts is a euphemism for God (Lk 15:18).

heaven, the heavens, the visible heavens and all their phenomena, Mt. 5:18; 16:1; 24:29, et al. freq.; the air, atmosphere, in which the clouds and tempests gather, the birds fly, etc., Mt. 6:26; 16:2, 3; heaven as the peculiar seat and abode of God, of angels, of glorified spirits, etc., Mt. 5:34, 45, 48; 6:1, 9, 10; 12:50; Jn. 3:13, 31; 6:32, 38, 41, 42, 50, 51, 58; in NT heaven as a term expressive of the Divine Being, His administration, etc., Mt. 19:14; 21:25; Lk. 20:4, 5; Jn. 3:27

Greek-English Concordance for οὐρανός

Acts 7:55 But Stephen, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked right into heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Acts 7:56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens (ouranous | οὐρανούς | acc pl masc) opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
Acts 9:3 As he traveled along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) shone all around him;
Acts 10:11 and he saw the heavens (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) opened and certain object descending, like a great sheet, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.
Acts 10:12 In it were all kinds of four-footed and reptiles and birds of the air (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc).
Acts 10:16 This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up at once to heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc).
Acts 11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending, like a great sheet being let down by its four corners from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), and it came close to me.
Acts 11:6 I looked into it closely I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the air (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc).
Acts 11:9 But the voice replied a second time from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider common.’
Acts 11:10 This happened three times, and again everything was drawn up into heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc).
Acts 14:15 saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? For we too are men subject to the same frailties as you, bringing you good news to turn away from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) and the earth and the sea and everything in them,
Acts 17:24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,
Acts 22:6 As I journeyed and came near to Damascus, about noon suddenly out of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) there flashed a brilliant light all around me.
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) against all ungodliness and the unrighteousness of those who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,
Romans 10:6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) (that is, to bring Christ down),
1 Corinthians 8:5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
1 Corinthians 15:47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second man is of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc).
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc).
2 Corinthians 5:2 For indeed in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling place,
2 Corinthians 12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago — whether in the body I do not know or apart from the body I do not know, only God knows — such a man was caught up to the third heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc).
Galatians 1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), should preach a gospel at odds with the one we already preached to you, let him be accursed.
Ephesians 1:10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring everything together in Christ, things in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) and things on earth.
Ephesians 3:15 from whom every family in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) and on earth derives its name,
Ephesians 4:10 He who descended is himself the one who also ascended far above all the heavens (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc), so that he might fill all things.
Ephesians 6:9 And masters, do the same to them, giving up the use of threats, knowing that the one who is both their master and yours is in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc), and that there is no favoritism with him.
Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc), and it is from there that we eagerly await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Colossians 1:5 Both spring from the hope laid up for you in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc). Of this you have heard before in the word of truth, the gospel,
Colossians 1:16 for in him all things were created, things all in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) and on earth, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers — all things have been created through him and for him. have been created
Colossians 1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by making peace through blood on the cross. his whether on earth or in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc), by making peace through his blood shed on the cross.
Colossians 1:23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc), and of which became I, Paul, became a minister.
Colossians 4:1 Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, your slaves treat knowing that you too have a Master in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc).
1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc), whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 because the Lord himself will descend from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
2 Thessalonians 1:7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted, and to us as well, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) with his mighty angels
Hebrews 1:10 And, “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens (ouranoi | οὐρανοί | nom pl masc) are the works of your hands.
Hebrews 4:14 Therefore since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens (ouranous | οὐρανούς | acc pl masc), Jesus the Son of God, let us continue to hold fast to our confession.
Hebrews 7:26 For such a high priest was appropriate for us, one who is holy, innocent, undefiled; having been separated from sinners, he became exalted above the heavens (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc).
Hebrews 8:1 Now the crowning affirmation to what we are saying is this: we do have such a high priest, who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc),
Hebrews 9:23 Thus it was necessary that earthly copies of the heavenly (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) realities be purified by these rites, but the heavenly realities themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, that was a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
Hebrews 11:12 And so it was that from this one man, and he was already impotent, there were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) in number and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the shore of the sea
Hebrews 12:23 and to the assembly of the firstborn whose names are inscribed in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc), and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous who have been made perfect,
Hebrews 12:25 Take care not to disregard the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape when they disregarded the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc).
Hebrews 12:26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more will I shake not only the earth but also the heaven.” (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc)
James 5:12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) or by earth or by any other oath. Rather let your “Yes” be yes and your “No,” no, so that you may not fall under judgment.
James 5:18 Then he prayed again, and the heavens (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) poured down rain and the earth produced its harvest.
1 Peter 1:4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, being preserved in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) for you,
1 Peter 1:12 To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to you, they were ministering these things that now have been announced to you through those who preached to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) — things into which angels long to look.
1 Peter 3:22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc), all angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
2 Peter 1:18 We ourselves heard this voice borne from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), for we were with him on the holy mountain.

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