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Strong's G3772 οὐρανός (ouranos)

Ouranos means “heaven” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3772 — karath (“covenant”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3772
Language Greek
Linked Usages 866
Books 68

Strong's G3772 Quick Answer

Strong's G3772 οὐρανῶν is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ouranos (ou-ran-os') n. 1. the sky 2. (by extension) heaven (as the abode of God) It has 866 linked Bible usages across 68 books. Visible English usage signals include heaven, earth, god, lord, and thee. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
ouranos (ou-ran-os') n. 1. the sky 2. (by extension) heaven (as the abode of God)
Usage
866 linked usages
Books
68 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
heaven, earth, god, lord, and thee

Meaning and Definition

ouranos (ou-ran-os') n. 1. the sky 2. (by extension) heaven (as the abode of God) 3. (by implication) happiness, power, eternity 4. (specially) the Gospel (Christianity) [perhaps from an obsolete oro

Original Word
οὐρανῶν
Morphology
N-GPM

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3772. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

heaven

Usage: οὐρανός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for שָׁמַיִם (hence, often pl., οἱ οὐ., see infr.) ;] heaven; __1. of the vault or firmament of heaven, the sky and the aerial regions above the earth: opposite to ἡ γῆ, Heb.1:10, 2Pe.3:5, 10; ὁ οὐ. καὶ ἡ γῆ, i.e. the world, the universe, Mat.5:18, Mrk.13:31, Luk.10:21, Act.4:24, Rev.10:6, al.; ἀπ᾽ ἄκρων οὐ. ἕως ἄ. αὐτῶν (on the absence of art. aft. prep., see Bl, §46, 5), Mat.24:31; ὑπὸ τὸν οὐ., Act.2:5, Col.1:23; ὑψωθῆναι ἕως τοῦ οὐ., figuratively, Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15;

σημεῖον ἐκ τοῦ οὐ., Mat.16:1, Mrk.8:11, al.; αἱ νεφέλαι, Mat.24:30, al.; τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐ., Mat.6:26, Mrk.4:32, al.; οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐ., Rev.6:13, al.; pl. (οἱ) οὐ. (Bl., §32, 5), Mat.3:16, Mrk.1:10, Jhn.1:32, 2Pe.3:7, 13 al. __2. Of the abode of God and other blessed beings: of angels, Mat.24:36, Mrk.12:25, Gal.1:8, Rev.10:1, al.; of Christ glorified, Mrk.16:[19], Luk.24:51, Act.3:21, Rom.10:6, al.; of God, Mat.5:34, Rom.1:18, al.; ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐ. (Dalman, Words, 184ff.), Mat.5:16 6:1, al.;

θησαυρὸς ἐν οὐ., Mat.6:20, Mrk.10:21, al. __3. By meton., __(a) of the inhabitants of heaven: Rev.18:20 (cf. ib. 12:12, Job.15:15, Isa.44:23); __(b) as an evasive reference to God, characteristic of later Judaism (Dalman, Words, 204ff.): Mat.21:25, Mrk.11:30, Luk.15:18, Jhn.3:27, al.; ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐ. (= τοῦ Θεοῦ); see: βασιλεία). βασιλεία, -ας, ἡ (βασιλεύω), [in LXX chiefly for מַמְלָכָה ,מַלְכוּת ;] __1. prop. abstract, sovereignty, royal power, dominion: Luk.1:33 22:29, Jhn.18:36, Act.1:6, Heb.1:8, 1Co.15:24;

λαβεῖν β., Luk.19:12, 15 Rev.17:12; δοῦναι τὴν, ib. 17; ἔχειν β., ib. 18; ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τ. (εἰς τὴν) β., Mat.16:28, Luk.23:42; β. τ. θεοῦ, Rev.12:10. __2. By meton., concrete (MM, Exp., x), __(a) a kingdom, the territory or people over whom the king rules (Est.5:3, al.): Mat.4:8 12:25, 26 24:7, Mrk.3:24 6:23, Luk.4:5, Heb.11:33, al.; __(b) the royal majesty (cf. our phrase His Majesty), the king himself (τ. σπέρμα τῆς β., 4Ki.11:1). __3. In LXX (Wis.6:5, Tob.13:1, al.), Targ.

and NT, of the Messianic rule and kingdom, ἡ β. τ. θεοῦ, τ. οὐρανῶν (Heb. מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם, Aram. מַלְכוּתָא דִשׁמַיָּא; see Dalman, Words, 91-147; Cremer, 132, 658), the kingdom of God (on the equivalence of the two phrases, see Dalman, op. cit., 93, 218f.); τ. θεοῦ, Mat.6:33 12:28, al.; τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.3:2 4:17, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ (מַלִכוּת דִמְשִׁיחא, Targ. Jon. on Isa.53:10), Eph.5:5; τ. κυρίου, 2Pe.1:11, Rev.11:15; τ. Δαυείδ, Mrk.11:10; absol., ἡ β., Mat.4:23, Jas.2:5, al.

The kingdom is regarded as present: Mat.11:12, Luk.17:21, Rom.14:17, al.; as that which is to be consummated in the future, Mat.6:10, Mrk.9:1, Jhn.3:5, 2Pe.1:11, al. Noteworthy phrases are: ζητεῖν τὴν β., Mat.6:33; δέχεσθαι, Mrk.10:15; κλρονομεῖν, Mat.25:34; διδόναι, Lk 12:32; παραλαμβάνειν, Heb.12:28; αὐτῶν (τοιούτων) εστὶν ἡ β., Mat.5:3, 10 19:14, Mrk.10:14, Luk.18:16; διὰ τὴν β., Mat.19:12; ἕνεκεν τῆς β., Luk.18:29; εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, κηρύσσειν, διαγγέλλειν τὴν β., Luk.4:43 9:2, 60; ἤγγικεν ἡ β., Mat.3:2, Mrk.1:15;

κλεῖς τῆς β., Mat.16:10; κλείειν τὴν β., Mat.23:14; υἱοὶ τῆς β., Mat.8:12 13:38 (cf. Cremer, 132, 658). \ (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

heaven earth god lord thee out upon land said day shalt let

How Strong's G3772 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 459 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3772 (οὐρανῶν) appears 653 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3772 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3772 in the New Testament

264 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G3772 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

459 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:1 Septuagint / Brenton

In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

Genesis 1:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.

Strong's G3772 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

103 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G3772 in 1 Enoch

40 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3772.

Genesis 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.
Genesis 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years.
Genesis 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so.
Genesis 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth,
Genesis 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.
Genesis 1:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 1:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.
Genesis 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole world of them.
Genesis 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth,
Genesis 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.
Genesis 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a help like to himself.
Genesis 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.
Genesis 6:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold I bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.
Genesis 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.
Genesis 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.
Genesis 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noah was left alone, and those with him in the ark.
Genesis 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the floodgates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld.
Genesis 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea, I have placed them under your power.
Genesis 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 14:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,
Genesis 14:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,
Genesis 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.
Genesis 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
Genesis 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What is it, Hagar? fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is.
Genesis 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And an angel of the Lord called him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Behold, I am here.
Genesis 22:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And an angel of the Lord called Abraham the second time out of heaven,
Genesis 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.
Genesis 24:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will adjure thee by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.
Genesis 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father’s house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.
Genesis 26:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven; and I will give to thy seed all this land, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in thy seed.
Genesis 27:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And may God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And abundance of corn and wine.
Genesis 27:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above.
Genesis 28:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.
Genesis 28:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Genesis 40:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharaoh eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.
Genesis 40:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet three days, and Pharaoh shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Genesis 49:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my God helped thee, And he blessed thee with the blessing of heaven from above, And the blessing of the earth possessing all things, Because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,
Exodus 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, Take you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward heaven before Pharaoh, and before his servants.
Exodus 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So he took of the ashes of the furnace before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered it toward heaven, and it became sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts.
Exodus 9:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand to heaven, and there shall be hail on all the land of Egypt, both on the men and on the cattle, and on all the herbage on the land.
Exodus 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses stretched forth his hand to heaven, and the Lord sent thunderings and hail; and the fire ran along upon the ground, and the Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses lifted up his rod toward heaven, and the Lord brought a south wind upon the earth, all that day and all that night: the morning dawned, and the south wind brought up the locusts,
Exodus 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand to heaven, and let there be darkness over the land of Egypt—darkness that may be felt.
Exodus 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was darkness very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days.
Exodus 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread upon you out of heaven: and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may try them whether they will walk in my law or not.
Exodus 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and speak this in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalek from under heaven.
Exodus 20:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not make to thyself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.
Exodus 20:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and thou shalt report it to the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
Exodus 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and under his feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity.
Exodus 31:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is a perpetual covenant with me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased, and rested.
Exodus 32:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
remembering Abraham and Isaac and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou hast sworn by thyself, and hast spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which thou spokest of to give to them, so that they shall possess it forever.
Leviticus 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will break down the haughtiness of your pride; and I will make your heaven iron, and your earth as it were brass.
Deuteronomy 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, ye are today as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deuteronomy 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whither do we go up? and your brethren drew away your heart, saying, It is a great nation and populous, and mightier than we; and there are cities great and walled up to heaven: moreover we saw there the sons of the giants.
Deuteronomy 2:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Begin to put thy terror and thy fear on the face of all the nations under heaven, who shall be troubled when they have heard thy name, and shall be in anguish before thee.
Deuteronomy 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lord God, thou hast begun to show to thy servant thy strength, and thy power, and thy mighty hand, and thy high arm: for what God is there in heaven or on the earth, who will do as thou hast done, and according to thy might?
Deuteronomy 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.
Deuteronomy 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the likeness of any beast of those that are on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird which flies under heaven,
Deuteronomy 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the heavenly bodies, thou shouldest go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God has distributed to all the nations under heaven.
Deuteronomy 4:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that ye shall surely perish from off the land, into which ye go across Jordan to inherit it there; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly cut off.
Deuteronomy 4:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ask of the former days which were before thee, from the day when God created man upon the earth, and beginning at the one end of heaven to the other end of heaven, if there has happened anything like to this great event, if such a thing has been heard:
Deuteronomy 4:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His voice was made audible from heaven to instruct thee, and he showed thee upon the earth his great fire, and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 4:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt know this day, and shalt consider in thy heart, that the Lord thy God he is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath, and there is none else but he.
Deuteronomy 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not make to thyself an image, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.
Deuteronomy 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and shouldest go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall surely perish.
Deuteronomy 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear, O Israel: Thou goest this day across Jordan to inherit nations greater and stronger than yourselves, cities great and walled up to heaven;
Deuteronomy 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of thee a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this.
Deuteronomy 10:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord thy God, the earth and all things that are in it.
Deuteronomy 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt; but the Lord thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.
Deuteronomy 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is a land of mountains and plains; it shall drink water of the rain of heaven.
Deuteronomy 11:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Lord be angry with you, and restrain the heaven; and there shall not be rain, and the earth shall not yield its fruit, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land, which the Lord has given you.
Deuteronomy 11:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that your days may be long, and the days of your children, upon the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they should go and serve other gods, and worship them, the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which he commanded thee not to do,
Deuteronomy 25:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass whenever the Lord thy God shall have given thee rest from all thine enemies round about thee, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, thou shalt blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven, and shalt not forget to do it.
Deuteronomy 26:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look down from thy holy house, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given them, as thou didst swear to our fathers, to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 28:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
May the Lord open to thee his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain to thy land in season: may he bless all the works of thy hands: so shalt thou lend to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.
Deuteronomy 28:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt have over thy head a sky of brass, and the earth under thee shall be iron.
Deuteronomy 28:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed thee, and until it shall have quickly consumed thee.
Deuteronomy 28:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your dead men shall be food to the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to scare them away.
Deuteronomy 28:62 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of the sky in multitude; because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 29:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:
Deuteronomy 30:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thy dispersion be from one end of heaven to the other, thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and thence will the Lord thy God take thee.
Deuteronomy 30:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is not in heaven above, as if there were one saying, Who shall go up for us into heaven, and shall take it for us, and we will hear and do it?
Deuteronomy 30:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I call both heaven and earth to witness this day against you, I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: choose thou life, that thou and thy seed may live;
Deuteronomy 31:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.
Deuteronomy 32:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Attend, O heaven, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words out of my mouth.
Deuteronomy 32:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I will lift up my hand to heaven, And swear by my right hand, And I will say, I live forever.
Deuteronomy 32:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, And let all the angels of God worship him; Rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people, And let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; For he will avenge the blood of his sons, And he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, And will reward them that hate him; And the Lord shall purge the land of his people.
Deuteronomy 33:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Joseph he said, His land is of the blessing of the Lord, Of the seasons of sky and dew, And of the deeps of wells below,
Deuteronomy 33:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is not any such as the God of the beloved; He who rides upon the heaven is thy helper, And the magnificent One of the firmament.
Deuteronomy 33:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Israel shall dwell in confidence Alone on the land of Jacob, With corn and wine; And the sky shall be misty with dew upon thee.
Joshua 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when we heard it we were amazed in our heart, and there was no longer any spirit in any of us because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath.
Joshua 8:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the inhabitants of Ai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
Joshua 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and smote the men of Ai.
Joshua 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Horon, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azekah; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the battle.
Joshua 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sun and the moon stood still, Until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of one day.
Judges 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, in thy going forth on Seir, When thou wentest forth out of the land of Edom, The earth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, And the clouds dropped water.
Judges 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The stars from heaven set themselves in array, They set themselves to fight with Sisera out of their paths.
Judges 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoah and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face to the earth.
Judges 20:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the signal went up increasingly over the city as a pillar of smoke; and Benjamin looked behind him, and behold the destruction of the city went up to heaven.
1 Kingdoms 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord will weaken his adversary; The Lord is holy. Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, And let not the rich man boast in his wealth; But let him that boasts boast in this, To understand and know the Lord, And to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: He will judge the extremities of the earth, And he gives strength to our kings, And will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left him there before the Lord,
1 Kingdoms 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of the God of Israel entered there; and those who lived and died not were smitten with emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
1 Kingdoms 17:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.
1 Kingdoms 17:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
this day. And the Lord shall deliver thee this day into my hand; and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from off thee, and will give thy limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God in Israel.
2 Kingdoms 18:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Absalom went to meet the servants of David: and Absalom was mounted on his mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head was entangled in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth; and the mule passed on from under him.
2 Kingdoms 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
2 Kingdoms 22:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the earth was troubled and quaked, And the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, Because the Lord was wroth with them.
2 Kingdoms 22:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, And there was darkness under his feet.
2 Kingdoms 22:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord thundered out of heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.
3 Kingdoms 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon stood up in front of the altar before all the congregation of Israel; and he spread out his hands toward heaven:
3 Kingdoms 8:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above and on the earth beneath, keeping covenant and mercy with thy servant who walks before thee with all his heart;
3 Kingdoms 8:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, how much less even this house which I have built to thy name?
3 Kingdoms 8:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place; and thou shalt hear in thy dwelling place in heaven, and thou shalt do and be gracious.
3 Kingdoms 8:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then shalt thou hear from heaven, and do, and thou shalt judge thy people Israel, that the wicked should be condemned, to recompense his way upon his head; and to justify the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.
3 Kingdoms 8:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then shalt thou hear from heaven, and be gracious to the sins of thy people Israel, and thou shalt restore them to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3772, grouped by book.

Genesis 41 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 39 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 25 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 34 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 73 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 36 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 31 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 37 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 74 usages, New Testament
Mark 19 usages, New Testament
Luke 35 usages, New Testament
John 16 usages, New Testament
Acts 24 usages, New Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 4 usages, New Testament
Philippians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 5 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 11 usages, New Testament
James 2 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 3 usages, New Testament
2 Peter 6 usages, New Testament
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 52 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 14 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 14 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 20 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 12 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 40 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3772 FAQ

What does ouranos (οὐρανός) mean?

Ouranos (Strong's G3772) is a Greek word most simply glossed "heaven". ouranos (ou-ran-os') n. 1. the sky 2. (by extension) heaven (as the abode of God)

How many times is ouranos (οὐρανός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 866 linked usages for Strong's G3772 across 68 books.

Where can I study ouranos (οὐρανός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3772 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate ouranos (οὐρανός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as heaven, earth, god, lord, thee, and out. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3772 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 459 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 103 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 40 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3772, with linked reader references where each row is available.