ἐπουράνιος
epouranios (G2032)
heavenly
AI Word Study
The Greek word ἐπουράνιος (epouranios) is used 19 times in the Bible and is translated as "heavenly". Its definition relates to the realm above the earth, likely referring to the atmosphere or the sky. Given its association with the semantic domain of Creation & Nature, the term likely conveys an idea of something being associated with the upper or higher world, as opposed to something earthly or terrestrial. This nuance could imply a sense of elevation, transcendence, or something that exists beyond the immediate physical realm. The frequency of its use in the Bible (19 times) highlights the significance of this concept to the authors and their intended audience, suggesting that the distinction between earthly and heavenly realms is considered crucial.
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If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial.
As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.
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,
which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,
For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”
It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,