For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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οὐρανός
Vocabulary form:
oujranovV, -ou:, oJ
Definition:
heaven, sky
Erasmian:
Modern:
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
| 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. |