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

Revelation 20:9 And they marched up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) and consumed them.
Revelation 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who was seated on it. From his presence earth and heaven (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) fled away, and no place was found for them.
Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) and a new earth, for the first heaven (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit up onto a great, lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) from God.

Greek for the Rest of Us

Do you want to get to the Greek behind the English  translations, do Greek word studies, use better dictionaries and commentaries, and not be frightened by the Greek words? Do you want to understand a Strong's Bible but don't have the time to do all the memory of traditional language learning? Then "Greek for the Rest of us" is just for you! Read more …