KJV dictionary & concordance

heaven

Meaning of “heaven”

Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

582 occurrences550 verses51 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:1

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Joshua 10:11

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And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Joshua 10:11 · retained source text

And it came to passe as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going downe to Bethoron, that the LORD cast downe great stones from heauen vpon them, vnto Azekah, and they died: they were moe which died with hailestones, then they whome the children of Israel slew with the sword.

Joshua 10:13

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And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Joshua 10:13 · retained source text

And the Sunne stood still, and the Moone stayed, vntill the people had auenged themselues vpon their enemies. Is not this written in the booke of Iasher? So the Sunne stood still in the midst of heauen, and hasted not to goe downe, about a whole day.

1611 marginal noteOr, the vpright?

Judges 5:20

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They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

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1611 witness · Judges 5:20 · retained source text

They fought from heauen, the starres in their courses fought against Sisera.

1611 marginal noteHeb. paths.

Judges 13:20

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For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

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1611 witness · Judges 13:20 · retained source text

For it came to passe, when the flame went vp toward heauen from off the altar, that the Angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

Judges 20:40

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But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Judges 20:40 · retained source text

But when the flame began to arise vp out of the citie, with a pillar of smoke, the Beniamites looked behind them, and behold, the flame of the citie ascended vp to heauen.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the whole consumption.

1 Samuel 2:10

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The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:10 · retained source text

The aduersaries of the LORD shalbe broken to pieces: out of heauen shal he thunder vpon them: the LORD shall iudge the ends of the earth, and he shal giue strength vnto his king, and exalt the horne of his Anointed.

1611 marginal noteChap.7.10.

1 Samuel 5:12

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And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 5:12 · retained source text

And the men that died not, were smitten with the Emerods: and the cry of the citie went vp to heauen.

2 Samuel 18:9

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¶ And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 18:9 · retained source text

¶ And Absalom met the seruants of Dauid; and Absalom rode vpon a mule, and the mule went vnder the thicke boughs of a great Oke, and his head caught hold of the Oke, and hee was taken vp betweene the heauen and the earth, and the mule that was vnder him, went away.

2 Samuel 21:10

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¶ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 21:10 · retained source text

¶ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah tooke sackecloth, and spread it for her vpon the rocke, from the beginning of haruest, vntill water dropped vpon them out of heauen, and suffered neither the birds of the aire to rest on them by day, nor the beastes of the fielde by night.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.7.

2 Samuel 22:8

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Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:8 · retained source text

Then the earth shooke and trembled: the foundations of heauen mooued and shooke, because hee was wroth.

Complete reference index — all 550 verses

Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:8 Genesis 1:9 Genesis 1:14 Genesis 1:15 Genesis 1:17 Genesis 1:20 Genesis 6:17 Genesis 7:11 Genesis 7:19 Genesis 7:23 Genesis 8:2 Genesis 11:4 Genesis 14:19 Genesis 14:22 Genesis 15:5 Genesis 19:24 Genesis 21:17 Genesis 22:11 Genesis 22:15 Genesis 22:17 Genesis 24:3 Genesis 24:7 Genesis 26:4 Genesis 27:28 Genesis 27:39 Genesis 28:12 Genesis 28:17 Genesis 49:25 Exodus 9:8 Exodus 9:10 Exodus 9:22 Exodus 9:23 Exodus 10:21 Exodus 10:22 Exodus 16:4 Exodus 17:14 Exodus 20:4 Exodus 20:11 Exodus 20:22 Exodus 24:10 Exodus 31:17 Exodus 32:13 Leviticus 26:19 Deuteronomy 1:10 Deuteronomy 1:28 Deuteronomy 2:25 Deuteronomy 3:24 Deuteronomy 4:11 Deuteronomy 4:19 Deuteronomy 4:26 Deuteronomy 4:32 Deuteronomy 4:36 Deuteronomy 4:39 Deuteronomy 5:8 Deuteronomy 7:24 Deuteronomy 9:1 Deuteronomy 9:14 Deuteronomy 10:14 Deuteronomy 10:22 Deuteronomy 11:11 Deuteronomy 11:17 Deuteronomy 11:21 Deuteronomy 17:3 Deuteronomy 25:19 Deuteronomy 26:15 Deuteronomy 28:12 Deuteronomy 28:23 Deuteronomy 28:24 Deuteronomy 28:62 Deuteronomy 29:20 Deuteronomy 30:4 Deuteronomy 30:12 Deuteronomy 30:19 Deuteronomy 31:28 Deuteronomy 32:40 Deuteronomy 33:13 Deuteronomy 33:26 Joshua 2:11 Joshua 8:20 Joshua 10:11 Joshua 10:13 Judges 5:20 Judges 13:20 Judges 20:40 1 Samuel 2:10 1 Samuel 5:12 2 Samuel 18:9 2 Samuel 21:10 2 Samuel 22:8 2 Samuel 22:14 1 Kings 8:22 1 Kings 8:23 1 Kings 8:27 1 Kings 8:30 1 Kings 8:32 1 Kings 8:34 1 Kings 8:35 1 Kings 8:36 1 Kings 8:39 1 Kings 8:43 1 Kings 8:45 1 Kings 8:49 1 Kings 8:54 1 Kings 18:45 1 Kings 22:19 2 Kings 1:10 2 Kings 1:12 2 Kings 1:14 2 Kings 2:1 2 Kings 2:11 2 Kings 7:2 2 Kings 7:19 2 Kings 14:27 2 Kings 17:16 2 Kings 19:15 2 Kings 21:3 2 Kings 21:5 2 Kings 23:4 2 Kings 23:5 1 Chronicles 21:16 1 Chronicles 21:26 1 Chronicles 29:11 2 Chronicles 2:6 2 Chronicles 2:12 2 Chronicles 6:13 2 Chronicles 6:14 2 Chronicles 6:18 2 Chronicles 6:21 2 Chronicles 6:23 2 Chronicles 6:26 2 Chronicles 6:27 2 Chronicles 6:30 2 Chronicles 7:1 2 Chronicles 7:13 2 Chronicles 7:14 2 Chronicles 18:18 2 Chronicles 20:6 2 Chronicles 28:9 2 Chronicles 30:27 2 Chronicles 32:20 2 Chronicles 33:3 2 Chronicles 33:5 2 Chronicles 36:23 Ezra 1:2 Ezra 5:11 Ezra 5:12 Ezra 6:9 Ezra 6:10 Ezra 7:12 Ezra 7:21 Ezra 7:23 Nehemiah 1:4 Nehemiah 1:5 Nehemiah 1:9 Nehemiah 2:4 Nehemiah 2:20 Nehemiah 9:6 Nehemiah 9:13 Nehemiah 9:15 Nehemiah 9:23 Nehemiah 9:27 Nehemiah 9:28 Job 1:16 Job 2:12 Job 11:8 Job 16:19 Job 20:27 Job 22:12 Job 22:14 Job 26:11 Job 28:24 Job 35:11 Job 37:3 Job 38:29 Job 38:33 Job 38:37 Job 41:11 Psalms 11:4 Psalms 14:2 Psalms 19:6 Psalms 20:6 Psalms 33:13 Psalms 53:2 Psalms 57:3 Psalms 69:34 Psalms 73:25 Psalms 76:8 Psalms 77:18 Psalms 78:23 Psalms 78:24 Psalms 78:26 Psalms 79:2 Psalms 80:14 Psalms 85:11 Psalms 89:6 Psalms 89:29 Psalms 89:37 Psalms 102:19 Psalms 103:11 Psalms 104:12 Psalms 105:40 Psalms 107:26 Psalms 113:6 Psalms 115:15 Psalms 115:16 Psalms 119:89 Psalms 121:2 Psalms 124:8 Psalms 134:3 Psalms 135:6 Psalms 136:26 Psalms 139:8 Psalms 146:6 Psalms 147:8 Psalms 148:13 Proverbs 23:5 Proverbs 25:3 Proverbs 30:4 Ecclesiastes 1:13 Ecclesiastes 2:3 Ecclesiastes 3:1 Ecclesiastes 5:2 Isaiah 13:5 Isaiah 13:10 Isaiah 14:12 Isaiah 14:13 Isaiah 34:4 Isaiah 34:5 Isaiah 37:16 Isaiah 40:12 Isaiah 55:10 Isaiah 63:15 Isaiah 66:1 Jeremiah 7:18 Jeremiah 7:33 Jeremiah 8:2 Jeremiah 8:7 Jeremiah 10:2 Jeremiah 15:3 Jeremiah 16:4 Jeremiah 19:7 Jeremiah 19:13 Jeremiah 23:24 Jeremiah 31:37 Jeremiah 32:17 Jeremiah 33:22 Jeremiah 33:25 Jeremiah 34:20 Jeremiah 44:17 Jeremiah 44:18 Jeremiah 44:19 Jeremiah 44:25 Jeremiah 49:36 Jeremiah 51:9 Jeremiah 51:15 Jeremiah 51:48 Jeremiah 51:53 Lamentations 2:1 Lamentations 3:50 Lamentations 4:19 Ezekiel 8:3 Ezekiel 29:5 Ezekiel 31:6 Ezekiel 31:13 Ezekiel 32:4 Ezekiel 32:7 Ezekiel 32:8 Ezekiel 38:20 Daniel 2:18 Daniel 2:19 Daniel 2:28 Daniel 2:37 Daniel 2:38 Daniel 2:44 Daniel 4:11 Daniel 4:12 Daniel 4:13 Daniel 4:15 Daniel 4:20 Daniel 4:21 Daniel 4:22 Daniel 4:23 Daniel 4:25 Daniel 4:31 Daniel 4:33 Daniel 4:34 Daniel 4:35 Daniel 4:37 Daniel 5:21 Daniel 5:23 Daniel 6:27 Daniel 7:2 Daniel 7:13 Daniel 7:27 Daniel 8:8 Daniel 8:10 Daniel 9:12 Daniel 11:4 Daniel 12:7 Hosea 2:18 Hosea 4:3 Hosea 7:12 Amos 9:2 Amos 9:6 Jonah 1:9 Nahum 3:16 Zephaniah 1:3 Zephaniah 1:5 Haggai 1:10 Zechariah 2:6 Zechariah 5:9 Malachi 3:10 Matthew 3:2 Matthew 3:17 Matthew 4:17 Matthew 5:3 Matthew 5:10 Matthew 5:12 Matthew 5:16 Matthew 5:18 Matthew 5:19 Matthew 5:20 Matthew 5:34 Matthew 5:45 Matthew 5:48 Matthew 6:1 Matthew 6:9 Matthew 6:10 Matthew 6:20 Matthew 7:11 Matthew 7:21 Matthew 8:11 Matthew 10:7 Matthew 10:32 Matthew 10:33 Matthew 11:11 Matthew 11:12 Matthew 11:23 Matthew 11:25 Matthew 12:50 Matthew 13:11 Matthew 13:24 Matthew 13:31 Matthew 13:33 Matthew 13:44 Matthew 13:45 Matthew 13:47 Matthew 13:52 Matthew 14:19 Matthew 16:1 Matthew 16:17 Matthew 16:19 Matthew 18:1 Matthew 18:3 Matthew 18:4 Matthew 18:10 Matthew 18:14 Matthew 18:18 Matthew 18:19 Matthew 18:23 Matthew 19:14 Matthew 19:21 Matthew 19:23 Matthew 20:1 Matthew 21:25 Matthew 22:2 Matthew 22:30 Matthew 23:9 Matthew 23:13 Matthew 23:22 Matthew 24:29 Matthew 24:30 Matthew 24:31 Matthew 24:35 Matthew 24:36 Matthew 25:1 Matthew 25:14 Matthew 26:64 Matthew 28:2 Matthew 28:18 Mark 1:11 Mark 6:41 Mark 7:34 Mark 8:11 Mark 10:21 Mark 11:25 Mark 11:26 Mark 11:30 Mark 11:31 Mark 12:25 Mark 13:25 Mark 13:27 Mark 13:31 Mark 13:32 Mark 14:62 Mark 16:19 Luke 2:15 Luke 3:21 Luke 3:22 Luke 4:25 Luke 6:23 Luke 9:16 Luke 9:54 Luke 10:15 Luke 10:18 Luke 10:20 Luke 10:21 Luke 11:2 Luke 11:16 Luke 15:7 Luke 15:18 Luke 15:21 Luke 16:17 Luke 17:24 Luke 17:29 Luke 18:13 Luke 18:22 Luke 19:38 Luke 20:4 Luke 20:5 Luke 21:11 Luke 21:26 Luke 21:33 Luke 22:43 Luke 24:51 John 1:32 John 1:51 John 3:13 John 3:27 John 3:31 John 6:31 John 6:32 John 6:33 John 6:38 John 6:41 John 6:42 John 6:50 John 6:51 John 6:58 John 12:28 John 17:1 Acts 1:10 Acts 1:11 Acts 2:2 Acts 2:5 Acts 2:19 Acts 3:21 Acts 4:12 Acts 4:24 Acts 7:42 Acts 7:49 Acts 7:55 Acts 9:3 Acts 10:11 Acts 10:16 Acts 11:5 Acts 11:9 Acts 11:10 Acts 14:15 Acts 14:17 Acts 17:24 Acts 22:6 Acts 26:13 Romans 1:18 Romans 10:6 1 Corinthians 8:5 1 Corinthians 15:47 2 Corinthians 5:2 2 Corinthians 12:2 Galatians 1:8 Ephesians 1:10 Ephesians 3:15 Ephesians 6:9 Philippians 2:10 Philippians 3:20 Colossians 1:5 Colossians 1:16 Colossians 1:20 Colossians 1:23 Colossians 4:1 1 Thessalonians 1:10 1 Thessalonians 4:16 2 Thessalonians 1:7 Hebrews 9:24 Hebrews 10:34 Hebrews 12:23 Hebrews 12:25 Hebrews 12:26 James 5:12 James 5:18 1 Peter 1:4 1 Peter 1:12 1 Peter 3:22 2 Peter 1:18 1 John 5:7 Revelation 3:12 Revelation 4:1 Revelation 4:2 Revelation 5:3 Revelation 5:13 Revelation 6:13 Revelation 6:14 Revelation 8:1 Revelation 8:10 Revelation 8:13 Revelation 9:1 Revelation 10:1 Revelation 10:4 Revelation 10:5 Revelation 10:6 Revelation 10:8 Revelation 11:6 Revelation 11:12 Revelation 11:13 Revelation 11:15 Revelation 11:19 Revelation 12:1 Revelation 12:3 Revelation 12:4 Revelation 12:7 Revelation 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Where “heaven” appears

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Genesis 1:8

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Isaiah 66:1

THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

1 Kings 8:30

And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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The region or expanse which surrounds the earth, and which appears above and around us, like an immense arch or vault, in which are seen the sun, moon and stars. The sky or air; the region of the atmosphere. Hence this is called the habitation of God, and is represented as the residence of angels and blessed spirits. The Supreme Power; the Sovereign of heaven; God; as prophets sent by heaven.

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heaven

Meaning of “heaven”

Every verse containing “heaven”

Where “heaven” appears

Definition evidence

Genesis 1:8

Isaiah 66:1

1 Kings 8:30

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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