Vocabulary Form
οὐρανός, -οῦ, ὁ
Definition

heaven, sky

Erasmian
Modern
Root
οὐρανο
Frequency
273
GK
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

Mark 6:41 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc), he blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to his disciples so they could distribute them. And he divided the two fish among them all.
Mark 7:34 Looking up to heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc), he gave a deep sigh and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened”).
Mark 8:11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), testing him.
Mark 10:21 But Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing — go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor; then you will have treasure in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc). And come, follow me.”
Mark 11:25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive if you have something against someone, so that your Father in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) may also forgive you your transgressions.”
Mark 11:30 The baptism of John — was it from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) or from man? Answer me!”
Mark 11:31 So they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
Mark 12:25 For when people rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, but they are as angels in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc).
Mark 13:25 and the stars will be falling from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), and the powers in the heavens (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc) will be shaken.
Mark 13:27 And at that time he will send his angels, and will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc).
Mark 13:31 Heaven (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Mark 13:32 But of that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc), nor the Son, but only the Father.
Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, “I am; and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.” (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc)
Mark 16:19 Then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc), and sat down at the right hand of God.
Luke 2:15 When the angels departed from them into heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc), the shepherds began to speak to one another, “Let us go across to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”
Luke 3:21 Now when all the people had been baptized, and when Jesus was baptized and was praying, the heavens (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) were opened,
Luke 3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Luke 4:25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) was shut up for three years and six months, as a great famine spread throughout the whole land;
Luke 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc). For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
Luke 8:5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) devoured it.
Luke 9:16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) and said a blessing and broke them; then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the crowd.
Luke 9:54 Seeing this, his disciples James and John said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) and consume them?”
Luke 9:58 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
Luke 10:15 And you, Capernaum! Will you be exalted to heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc)? No. You will go down to Hades.
Luke 10:18 He said to them, “I saw Satan as he fell, like a bolt of lightening from the sky (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc).