'Heaven' definitions:

Definition of 'heaven'

(from WordNet)
noun
Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]
noun
The abode of God and the angels [ant: Hell, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition, pit]

Definition of 'Heaven'

From: GCIDE
  • Heaven \Heav"en\ (h[e^]v"'n), n. [OE. heven, hefen, heofen, AS. heofon; akin to OS. hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or from a root signifying to cover, cf. Goth. gaham[=o]n to put on, clothe one's self, G. hemd shirt, and perh. E. chemise.]
  • 1. The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense. [1913 Webster]
  • I never saw the heavens so dim by day. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death. [1913 Webster]
  • Unto the God of love, high heaven's King. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In this general sense heaven and its corresponding words in other languages have as various definite interpretations as there are phases of religious belief. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.; as, heaven helps those who help themselves. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • Her prayers, whom Heaven delights to hear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The will And high permission of all-ruling Heaven. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight. "A heaven of beauty." --Shak. "The brightest heaven of invention." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • O bed! bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head! --Hood. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Heaven is very often used, esp. with participles, in forming compound words, most of which need no special explanation; as, heaven-appeasing, heaven-aspiring, heaven-begot, heaven-born, heaven-bred, heaven-conducted, heaven-descended, heaven-directed, heaven-exalted, heaven-given, heaven-guided, heaven-inflicted, heaven-inspired, heaven-instructed, heaven-kissing, heaven-loved, heaven-moving, heaven-protected, heaven-taught, heaven-warring, and the like. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Heaven'

From: GCIDE
  • Heaven \Heav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heavened (h[e^]v"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Heavening.] To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the hush of purple hills. --G. Massey. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'heaven'

From: Easton
  • Heaven
  • Definitions. The phrase "heaven and earth" is used to indicate the whole universe (Gen. 1:1; Jer. 23:24; Acts 17:24). According to the Jewish notion there were three heavens,
  • (a) The firmament, as "fowls of the heaven" (Gen. 2:19; 7:3, 23; Ps. 8:8, etc.), "the eagles of heaven" (Lam. 4:19), etc.
  • (b) The starry heavens (Deut. 17:3; Jer. 8:2; Matt. 24:29).
  • (c) "The heaven of heavens," or "the third heaven" (Deut. 10:14; 1 Kings 8:27; Ps. 115:16; 148:4; 2 Cor. 12:2).
  • Meaning of words in the original,
  • (a) The usual Hebrew word for "heavens" is _shamayim_, a plural form meaning "heights," "elevations" (Gen. 1:1; 2:1).
  • (b) The Hebrew word _marom_ is also used (Ps. 68:18; 93:4; 102:19, etc.) as equivalent to _shamayim_, "high places," "heights."
  • (c) Heb. galgal, literally a "wheel," is rendered "heaven" in Ps. 77:18 (R.V., "whirlwind").
  • (d) Heb. shahak, rendered "sky" (Deut. 33:26; Job 37:18; Ps. 18:11), plural "clouds" (Job 35:5; 36:28; Ps. 68:34, marg. "heavens"), means probably the firmament.
  • (e) Heb. rakia is closely connected with (d), and is rendered "firmamentum" in the Vulgate, whence our "firmament" (Gen. 1:6; Deut. 33:26, etc.), regarded as a solid expanse.
  • Metaphorical meaning of term. Isa. 14:13, 14; "doors of heaven" (Ps. 78:23); heaven "shut" (1 Kings 8:35); "opened" (Ezek. 1:1). (See 1 Chr. 21:16.)
  • Spiritual meaning. The place of the everlasting blessedness of the righteous; the abode of departed spirits.
  • (a) Christ calls it his "Father's house" (John 14:2).
  • (b) It is called "paradise" (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7).
  • (c) "The heavenly Jerusalem" (Gal. 4: 26; Heb. 12:22; Rev. 3:12).
  • (d) The "kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 25:1; James 2:5).
  • (e) The "eternal kingdom" (2 Pet. 1:11).
  • (f) The "eternal inheritance" (1 Pet. 1:4; Heb. 9:15).
  • (g) The "better country" (Heb. 11:14, 16).
  • (h) The blessed are said to "sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob," and to be "in Abraham's bosom" (Luke 16:22; Matt. 8:11); to "reign with Christ" (2 Tim. 2:12); and to enjoy "rest" (Heb. 4:10, 11).
  • In heaven the blessedness of the righteous consists in the possession of "life everlasting," "an eternal weight of glory" (2 Cor. 4:17), an exemption from all sufferings for ever, a deliverance from all evils (2 Cor. 5:1, 2) and from the society of the wicked (2 Tim. 4:18), bliss without termination, the "fulness of joy" for ever (Luke 20:36; 2 Cor. 4:16, 18; 1 Pet. 1:4; 5:10; 1 John 3:2). The believer's heaven is not only a state of everlasting blessedness, but also a "place", a place "prepared" for them (John 14:2).

Synonyms of 'Heaven'

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Synonyms of 'heaven'

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