Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

οὐρανός

Vocabulary form: 
oujranovV, -ou:, oJ
Definition: 

heaven, sky

Frequency: 
273
GK: 
4041
Root: 
oujrano
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

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.
Revelation 12:1 Then a great sign appeared in heaven: (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven crowns.
Revelation 12:4 His tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.
Revelation 12:7 Then war broke out in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back,
Revelation 12:8 but he was not strong enough, and no longer was a place found for them in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc).
Revelation 12:10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) saying, “Just now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, the one who accuses them day and night before our God.
Revelation 12:12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens (ouranoi | οὐρανοί | voc pl masc) and all who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you having great wrath, because he knows that he has only a short time!”
Revelation 13:6 He opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his dwelling, that is, those who live in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc).
Revelation 13:13 He performed impressive signs, even making fire come down from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) in the sight of everyone;
Revelation 14:2 And I heard a sound from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The sound I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,
Revelation 14:7 And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes indeed!” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their labors, because their deeds will follow them!”
Revelation 14:17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), and he too had a sharp sickle.
Revelation 15:1 Then I saw another sign in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), great and marvelous: seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, because with them the wrath of God is finished.
Revelation 15:5 After this I looked, and the temple, that is, the tent of witness, in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) was opened,
Revelation 16:11 and cursed the God of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) for their pain and sores, but they would not repent of their deeds.
Revelation 16:21 And enormous hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) and people blasphemed God for the plague of hail, because the plague was so devastating.
Revelation 18:1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory.
Revelation 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive her plagues;
Revelation 18:5 for her sins are heaped up as high as heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), and God has remembered her crimes.
Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, O heaven (ourane | οὐρανέ | voc sg masc), and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment for you against her!”
Revelation 19:1 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great throng in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
Revelation 19:11 Then I saw heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) opened, and behold, a white horse! The one riding it is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and makes war.
Revelation 19:14 And the armies of heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), arrayed in fine linen, white and clean, were following him on white horses.
Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), having in his hand the key to the abyss and a great chain.

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