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

Luke 10:20 However, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names have been recorded in heaven.” (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc)
Luke 10:21 At this time Jesus was filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was well-pleasing in your sight.
Luke 11:13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Luke 11:16 Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc).
Luke 12:33 Sell your possessions and give alms. Make for yourselves moneybags that do not wear out, a treasure unfailing in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc), where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
Luke 12:56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc). How is it that you do not know how to interpret this present time?
Luke 13:19 It is like a mustard seed that a man took and threw into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) made nests in its branches.”
Luke 15:7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
Luke 15:18 I will leave this place and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) and before you;
Luke 15:21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
Luke 16:17 It is easier for heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) and earth to pass away than for the smallest part of a single letter in the law to lose its force.
Luke 17:24 For just as the lightning, when it flashes, lights up from one end of heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) to the other, so will be the Son of Man in his day.
Luke 17:29 but on the day in which Lot went out of Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) and destroyed them all.
Luke 18:13 The tax collector, however, standing at a distance, would not even raise his eyes to heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc), but kept beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
Luke 18:22 Upon hearing this, Jesus said to him, “One thing you still lack: sell all that you have and distribute the proceeds to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven (ouranois | οὐρανοῖς | dat pl masc). Then come, follow me.”
Luke 19:38 saying, “Blessed is the coming one, the king, the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven (ouranō | οὐρανῷ | dat sg masc) and glory in the highest!”
Luke 20:4 The baptism of John, was it authorized from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) or did it come from men?”
Luke 20:5 They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc) then he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
Luke 21:11 there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues. There will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc).
Luke 21:26 people fainting with fear and foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens (ouranōn | οὐρανῶν | gen pl masc) will be shaken.
Luke 21:33 Heaven (ouranos | οὐρανός | nom sg masc) and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Luke 22:43 there appeared to him an from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), strengthening him.
Luke 24:51 While he was blessing them, he departed from them and was carried up into heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc).
John 1:32 Then John testified, saying, “I saw the Spirit coming down as a dove from heaven (ouranou | οὐρανοῦ | gen sg masc), and it remained on him.
John 1:51 Then he said to him, “I tell you the solemn truth: you will see heaven (ouranon | οὐρανόν | acc sg masc) standing open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”