Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be lofty
šāmayim n, m
1) heaven, heavens, sky
1a) visible heavens, sky
1a1) as abode of the stars
1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)
Mentioned in Genesis 24:7, 27:39, 49:25, 22:11, 22:15, 14:19, 14:22, 1:26, 2:19, 2:20, 6:7, 7:23, 9:2, 1:15, 1:17, 1:14, 1:9, 22:17, 28:17, 1:30, 21:17, 26:4, 2:4, 1:1, 1:8, 1:20, 1:28, 24:3, 27:28, 28:12, 15:5, 11:4, 6:17, 7:11, 8:2, 2:1, 7:3, 7:19, 19:24 Exodus 9:10, 32:13, 9:22, 9:8, 31:17, 17:14, 10:21, 16:4, 20:22, 24:10, 10:22, 9:23, 20:4, 20:11 Codex Leviticus 26:19 Deuteronomy 10:22, 11:21, 26:15, 4:26, 7:24, 11:17, 29:19, 28:24, 4:32, 3:24, 17:3, 28:12, 32:1, 31:28, 1:28, 25:19, 4:39, 28:26, 33:26, 32:40, 33:28, 1:10, 4:19, 10:14, 28:62, 30:4, 30:12, 33:13, 4:17, 4:36, 5:8, 11:11, 28:23, 30:19, 4:11, 2:25, 9:1, 9:14 Joshua 10:11, 10:13, 8:20, 2:11 Judges 5:4, 20:40, 13:20, 5:20 1 Samuel 5:12, 17:44, 17:46, 2:10 2 Samuel 18:9, 21:10, 22:8, 22:14, 22:10 1 Kings 8:34, 8:39, 18:45, 21:24, 8:23, 14:11, 16:4, 8:30, 8:35, 8:43, 8:54, 8:27, 22:19, 8:36, 8:32, 8:45, 8:49, 8:22 2 Kings 21:3, 1:10, 1:12, 7:2, 7:19, 1:14, 17:16, 19:15, 2:1, 2:11, 23:5, 23:4, 14:27, 21:5 Isaiah 45:12, 34:5, 40:22, 13:10, 1:2, 66:1, 51:13, 63:15, 14:12, 45:18, 55:10, 14:13, 42:5, 48:13, 51:6, 37:16, 44:24, 51:16, 45:8, 66:22, 13:13, 13:5, 40:12, 44:23, 49:13, 55:9, 65:17, 47:13, 34:4, 63:19, 50:3 Jeremiah 7:18, 44:17, 4:28, 4:25, 8:2, 16:4, 32:17, 10:13, 51:16, 4:23, 10:2, 44:18, 19:13, 19:7, 34:20, 7:33, 9:9, 23:24, 51:9, 15:3, 49:36, 14:22, 44:25, 31:37, 33:25, 44:19, 10:12, 51:15, 51:48, 33:22, 8:7, 51:53, 2:12 Ezekiel 38:20, 32:8, 32:7, 29:5, 8:3, 31:13, 1:1, 32:4, 31:6 Hosea 4:3, 2:20, 2:23, 7:12 Joel 2:10, 3:3, 4:16 Amos 9:6, 9:2 Jonah 1:9 Nahum 3:16 Habakkuk 3:3 Zephaniah 1:3, 1:5 Haggai 2:6, 2:21, 1:10 Zechariah 6:5, 12:1, 5:9, 8:12, 2:10 Malachi 3:10 Psalms 8:2, 11:4, 14:2, 33:13, 53:3, 115:16, 2:4, 104:2, 19:7, 78:24, 19:2, 136:26, 50:4, 102:20, 123:1, 50:6, 57:4, 57:6, 57:12, 68:9, 80:15, 96:5, 108:6, 115:3, 139:8, 36:6, 89:3, 89:6, 57:11, 85:12, 108:5, 146:6, 89:12, 8:4, 8:9, 69:35, 73:9, 73:25, 76:9, 79:2, 96:11, 102:26, 103:11, 113:6, 115:15, 121:2, 124:8, 134:3, 135:6, 147:8, 148:13, 18:14, 148:4, 148:1, 105:40, 104:12, 20:7, 113:4, 33:6, 119:89, 78:23, 68:34, 144:5, 89:30, 136:5, 103:19, 18:10, 107:26, 97:6, 78:26 Proverbs 23:5, 25:3, 8:27, 30:19, 30:4, 3:19 Job 12:7, 37:3, 2:12, 14:12, 1:16, 22:12, 35:11, 20:6, 38:33, 15:15, 20:27, 28:24, 9:8, 38:29, 26:13, 35:5, 11:8, 16:19, 26:11, 41:3, 22:14, 28:21, 38:37 Lamentations 2:1, 3:41, 3:66, 4:19, 3:50 Ecclesiastes 1:13, 2:3, 5:1, 10:20, 3:1 Daniel 11:4, 12:7, 8:8, 8:10, 9:12 Ezra 9:6, 1:2 Nehemiah 9:23, 1:4, 1:5, 9:28, 2:20, 1:9, 2:4, 9:27, 9:15, 9:13, 9:6 1 Chronicles 21:26, 16:26, 16:31, 27:23, 21:16, 29:11 2 Chronicles 6:25, 20:6, 28:9, 33:3, 6:18, 6:30, 6:14, 7:1, 7:13, 6:21, 6:26, 6:27, 6:33, 2:11, 36:23, 2:5, 6:13, 32:20, 18:18, 7:14, 6:39, 6:23, 6:35, 30:27, 33:5