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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

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.

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