Definition

the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)

Etymology

perhaps from the same as G3735 (ὄρος) (through the idea of elevation);

Where the KJV renders it

• air
• heaven(-ly)
• sky

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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