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

2 Peter 3:5 For in maintaining this, they overlook the fact that by the word of God heavens (ouranoi | οὐρανοί | nom pl masc) existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.
2 Peter 3:7 But by the same word the present heavens (ouranoi | οὐρανοί | nom pl masc) and earth have been reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens (ouranoi | οὐρανοί | nom pl masc) will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements will melt in the intense heat, and the earth and the works in it will be exposed.
2 Peter 3:12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens (ouranoi | οὐρανοί | nom pl masc) will be set on fire and dissolved, and the elements will melt in the heat.
2 Peter 3:13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens (ouranous | οὐρανούς | acc pl masc) and a new earth in which righteousness will be at home.
Revelation 3:12 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God and he will never go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem which comes down out of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) from my God), and my own new name.
Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
Revelation 4:2 Immediately I was in the spirit, and behold, a throne was standing in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) and one sitting on the throne!
Revelation 5:3 But no one in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.
Revelation 5:13 Then I heard every creature in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
Revelation 6:13 and the stars of the sky (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a fierce wind.
Revelation 6:14 The sky (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) vanished like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Revelation 8:1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) for about half an hour.
Revelation 8:10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) a great star, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
Revelation 9:1 The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from the sky (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) to the earth; and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.
Revelation 10:1 Then I saw another powerful angel coming down from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
Revelation 10:4 And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was preparing to write but I heard a voice from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
Revelation 10:5 Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc)
Revelation 10:6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay!
Revelation 10:8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
Revelation 11:6 These two witnesses have the power to shut the sky (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they wish.
Revelation 11:12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), saying to them, “Come up here!” And they arose to heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.
Revelation 11:13 And at that very hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc).
Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.”
Revelation 11:19 Then the temple of God, which is in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

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