Strong's Lexicon
epouranios: Heavenly, celestial
Original Word:ἐπουράνιος
Part of Speech:Adjective
Transliteration:epouranios
Pronunciation:ep-oo-ran'-ee-os
Phonetic Spelling:(ep-oo-ran'-ee-os)
Definition:Heavenly, celestial
Meaning:heavenly, celestial, in the heavenly sphere, the sphere of spiritual activities; met: divine, spiritual.
Word Origin:Derived from ἐπί (epi, meaning "upon" or "above") and οὐρανός (ouranos, meaning "heaven" or "sky").
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Hebrew equivalent often used in the Old Testament is שָׁמַיִם (shamayim), which also means "heavens" or "sky."
Usage:The term "epouranios" is used in the New Testament to describe things that pertain to or originate from heaven. It often refers to the divine realm or the spiritual realities that are associated with God's kingdom. This adjective is used to contrast earthly or temporal things with those that are eternal and divine.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of the heavens was often associated with the divine and the abode of the gods. In Jewish thought, heaven was seen as the dwelling place of Yahweh and the angels. The New Testament writers, drawing from this background, use "epouranios" to emphasize the superiority and eternal nature of the spiritual realm over the physical world.
HELPS Word-studies
2032epouránios (an adjective, derived from1909/epí, "on, fitting," which intensifies3772/ouranós, "heaven") – properly, heavenly, referring to the impact of heaven's influence on the particular situation or person.
[The prefix (epi) shows this always "fits" – from the standpoint ofheaven.]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
epi and
ouranosDefinitionof heaven
NASB Translationheaven (1), heavenly (14), heavenly one (1), heavenly things (3).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2032: ἐπουράνιοςἐπουράνιος,
ἐπουράνιον (
οὐρανός), properly, existing
in or above heaven, heavenly;
1.existing in heaven:ὁπατήρἐπουράνιος, i. e. God,Matthew 18:35Rec. (Θεοί,Θεός,Homer, Odyssey 17, 484; Iliad 6, 131, etc.; 3Macc. 6:28 3Macc. 7:6);οἱἐπουράνιοι the heavenly beings, the inhabitants of heaven, (Lucian, dial. deor. 4, 3; of the gods, inTheocritus, 25, 5): of angels, in opposition toἐπιγειοι andκαταχθονιοι,Philippians 2:10; Ignat. ad Trall. 9 [ET], (cf.Polycarp, ad Philipp. 2 [ET]);σώματα, the bodies of the stars (which the apostle, according to the universal ancient conception, seems to have regarded as animate (cf.Lightfoot on Colossians, p. 376; Gfrorer,Philo etc. 2te Aufl., p. 349f; Siegfried,Philo von Alex., p. 306; yet cf. Meyer ed. Heinrici, at the passage), cf.Job 38:7; Enoch 18:14ff) and of the angels,1 Corinthians 15:40;ἡβασιλείαἡἐπουράνιος (on which see p. 97),2 Timothy 4:18; substantially the same asἡπατρίςἡἐπουράνιοςHebrews 11:16 andἹερουσαλήμἐπουρανίῳ,Hebrews 12:22;κλῆσις, a calling made (by God) in heaven,Hebrews 3:1 (others would include a reference to its end as well as to its origin; cf. Lunem. at the passage), cf.Philippians 3:14 (Lightfoot citesPhilo, plant. Noe § 6). The neut.τάἐπουράνια denotes (cf.Winers Grammar, § 34, 2)
a.the things that take place in heaven, i. e. the purposes of God to grant salvation to men through the death of Christ:John 3:12 (seeἐπίγειος).
b.the heavenly regions, i. e. heaven itself, the abode of God and angels:Ephesians 1:3, 20 (where Lachmann textοὐρανοῖς);Ephesians 2:6;Ephesians 3:10; the lower heavens, or the heaven of the clouds,Ephesians 6:12 (cf.B. D. American edition, under the word).c.the heavenly temple or sanctuary:Hebrews 8:5;Hebrews 9:23.
2.of heavenly origin and nature:1 Corinthians 15:48f (opposite toχοϊκός);ἡδωρεάἡἐπουράνιος.Hebrews 6:4.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
celestial, heavenly, high.Fromepi andouranos; above the sky -- celestial, (in) heaven(-ly), high.
see GREEKepi
see GREEKouranos
Forms and Transliterations
έποπα έποπος επουρανια επουρανία επουράνια ἐπουράνια επουρανιοι επουρανίοι ἐπουράνιοι επουρανιοις επουρανίοις ἐπουρανίοις επουρανιον επουρανίον επουράνιον ἐπουράνιον επουρανιος επουρανίος ἐπουράνιος επουρανιου επουρανίου ἐπουρανίου επουρανιω ἐπουρανίῳ επουρανιων επουρανίων ἐπουρανίων epourania epouránia epouranio epouraniō epouranioi epouraníoi epouraníōi epouránioi epouraniois epouraníois epouranion epouraniōn epouraníon epouraníōn epouránion epouranios epouránios epouraniou epouraníouLinks
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