Word

ἐπουράνιος

epouránios · G2032 · Greek · 19 occurrences

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Meanings

in the sky, celestial

(Derivative of οὐρανός ‘sky,’) Related to or located in the sky

Examples
1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.
heavenly, in heaven, pertaining to heaven

(Derivative of οὐρανός heaven) Related to or located in heaven

Examples
1 Corinthians 15:48 As is the earthy one, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly One, so also are those who are heavenly.
1 Corinthians 15:49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
from God

(Derivative of οὐρανός ‘God,’) Pertaining to being derived from God

Examples
John 3:12 “If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus;
Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
heavenly body

(An idiom, literally: heavenly body, occurring in the NT only in the plural) The luminous objects in the sky: sun, moon, and other planets and stars

Examples
1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔπωto say 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

οἷοςlike 1
τοιοῦτοςsuch 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὗτοςthis 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin 8

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 6 groups

γόνυknee 1
δόξαglory 1
δωρεάgift 1
εἰκώνlikeness 1
σκιάshadow, shade 1
ὑπόδειγμαmodel 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries

Heavenly, in heaven, pertaining to heaven1.12: In Hebrews 3:1, believers are called “partakers of a heavenly calling,” describing something that pertains to heaven itself.
Heavenly body1.26: In 1 Corinthians 15:40, Paul distinguishes “heavenly bodies and earthly bodies,” using the word for the actual bodies belonging to the heavens — sun, moon, and stars.
In the sky, celestial1.8: In Philippians 2:10, at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, “of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth” — the celestial realm itself, in the sky.
From God12.17: In John 3:12, Jesus contrasts “earthly things” with “heavenly things,” using the word for what comes from God rather than merely what is located in the sky.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

οὐρανός ouranós · G3772 · sky, heaven · 273×ἐπουράνιοςepouránios · G2032οὐράνιος ouránios · G3770 · heavenly, in heaven, pertaining to heaven · 9×οὐρανόθεν ouranóthen · G3771 · from the sky · 2×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπουράνιον (οὐρανός), properly, existing in or above heaven, heavenly; 1. existing in…

ἐπουράνιον (οὐρανός), properly, existing in or above heaven, heavenly;
1. existing in heaven: ὁ πατήρ ἐπουράνιος, i. e. God, Mt 18:35 Rec. (Θεοί, Θεός, Homer, Odyssey 17, 484; Iliad 6, 131, etc.; 3Macc. 6:28 3Macc. 7:6); οἱ ἐπουράνιοι the heavenly beings, the inhabitants of heaven, (Lucian, dial. deor. 4, 3; of the gods, in Theocritus, 25, 5): of angels, in opposition to ἐπιγειοι and καταχθονιοι, Phm 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 Cor 15:40; ἡ βασιλεία ἡ ἐπουράνιος (on which see p. 97), 2 Tim 4:18; substantially the same as ἡ πατρίς ἡ ἐπουράνιος Heb 11:16 and Ἱερουσαλήμ ἐπουρανίῳ, Heb 12:22; κλῆσις, a calling made (by God) in heaven, Heb 3:1 (others would include a reference to its end as well as to its origin; cf. Lunem. at the passage), cf. Phm 3:14 (Lightfoot cites Philo, plant. Noe § 6). The neut. τά ἐπουράνια 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: Jn 3:12 (see ἐπίγειος).
b. the heavenly regions, i. e. heaven itself, the abode of God and angels: Eph 1:3, Eph 1:20 (where Lachmann text οὐρανοῖς); Eph 2:6; Eph 3:10; the lower heavens, or the heaven of the clouds, Eph 6:12 (cf. B. D. American edition, under the word ).
c. the heavenly temple or sanctuary: Heb 8:5; Heb 9:23.
2. of heavenly origin and nature: 1 Cor 15:48f (opposite to χοϊκός); ἡ δωρεά ἡ ἐπουράνιος. Heb 6:4.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Regions Above the Earth17 occurrences Heavenly Bodies2 occurrences Supernatural Beings3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0