οὐρανός | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

οὐρανός, -οῦ, ὁ

Definition

heaven, sky

Erasmian

Modern

Root

οὐρανο

Frequency

273

4041

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.

Song

Verse

“May your kingdom come, may your will be done, on earth as it is in οὐρανός.” (Matt 6:10)

“Look at the birds of the οὐρανός. They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.” (Matt 6:26)

Notes

You will often find οὐρανός 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

Matthew 11:11	“I tell you the truth, there has not risen among those born of women anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc) is greater than he.
Matthew 11:12	From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc) has suffered violence, and the violent are taking it by force.
Matthew 11:23	And as for you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven (ouranou \| οὐρανοῦ \| gen sg masc)? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, had been done the mighty works done in you it would have remained to this day.
Matthew 11:25	At that time Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven (ouranou \| οὐρανοῦ \| gen sg masc) and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them to little children;
Matthew 12:50	For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven (ouranois \| οὐρανοῖς \| dat pl masc), he is my brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 13:11	He answered them, saying, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc), but to them it has not been given.
Matthew 13:24	Jesus put another parable before them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc) is like a man sowing good seed in his field.
Matthew 13:31	He gave them another parable, saying: “The kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc) is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
Matthew 13:32	It is the smallest of all the seeds; but when it is grown, it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air (ouranou \| οὐρανοῦ \| gen sg masc) come and nest in its branches.”
Matthew 13:33	He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc) is like leaven, which a woman took and put into three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
Matthew 13:44	“The kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc) is like treasure hidden in a field that a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Matthew 13:45	Again, the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc) is like a merchant searching for fine pearls;
Matthew 13:47	Again, the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc) is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and caught fish of every kind;
Matthew 13:52	And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc) is like the master of a house who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
Matthew 14:19	Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven (ouranon \| οὐρανόν \| acc sg masc), said a blessing, and broke the loaves. He gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
Matthew 16:1	Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven (ouranou \| οὐρανοῦ \| gen sg masc).
Matthew 16:2	And he answered them, saying, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky (ouranos \| οὐρανός \| nom sg masc) is red’;
Matthew 16:3	and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky (ouranos \| οὐρανός \| nom sg masc) is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky (ouranou \| οὐρανοῦ \| gen sg masc), but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times?
Matthew 16:17	And Jesus responded, saying to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven (ouranois \| οὐρανοῖς \| dat pl masc).
Matthew 16:19	I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc), and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven (ouranois \| οὐρανοῖς \| dat pl masc), and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.” (ouranois \| οὐρανοῖς \| dat pl masc)
Matthew 18:1	At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc)
Matthew 18:3	said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc)
Matthew 18:4	For whoever humbles himself as this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven (ouranōn \| οὐρανῶν \| gen pl masc).
Matthew 18:10	“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven (ouranois \| οὐρανοῖς \| dat pl masc) always see the face of my Father who is in heaven (ouranois \| οὐρανοῖς \| dat pl masc).
Matthew 18:14	In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven (ouranois \| οὐρανοῖς \| dat pl masc) that even one of these little ones should perish.