οὐρανόθεν
ouranóthen · G3771 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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from the sky
The sky as a source or as a location from which implied movement takes place
ExamplesActs 14:17 yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
Acts 26:13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἄνωθεν ánōthen · G509 · from above, from the top of, again
- This adverb means 'from above' and can indicate origin from heaven or the celestial realm. While broader in scope than οὐρανόθεν (it can mean 'from above' in any spatial context, 'from the beginning', or 'anew'), it overlaps when referring to divine or heavenly origin, making it a contextual synonym in theological discourse.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- From the sky1.9
- οὐρανόθεν describes something originating from the sky above, as Paul recounts his testimony before Agrippa: “At midday, O King, I saw on the road a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were traveling with me.” (Acts 26:13)
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (οὐρανός), adverb, from heaven: Acts 14:17; Acts 26:13. (Homer, Hesiod, the Orphica, 4…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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