heaven.

Definition of heaven. in English English dictionary: sky
This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.; A female given name of modern usage from the noun heaven; (used without the article) A blissful place or experience
Soaking in a warm bath after a long day at work is sheer heaven.; {n} the habitation of the blessed, the sky; The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; used variously in this sense, as in No; Known also as nirvana, devachan, paradise, astral plane, and other side - it is the eternal home where life is unrestricted by space or time; of modern usage from the noun heaven; Paradise; The sky; H8064 shamayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused sing shameh, shaw-meh'; from an unused root mean to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perh alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve): --air, X astrologer, heaven (-s); any place of complete bliss and delight and peace; "A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own " [DD] Usually 3 am to Noon on Sunday in atheist chatrooms while Fundies are preparing for or attending church; If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily. The match had just begun when the heavens opened and play was suspended; Heaven is a state of being in which every individual is a true image of the Trinity Each is a trinity of will, awareness, and reason reflecting the Father, the Holy Spirit, and the Son Each is a co-creator because every idea is based solidly on the one Reason, the one Foundation Those born only of the flesh under Adam are not true images of the Creator because their thinking is not in harmony with the divine Reason; The paradise of the afterlife in certain religions, considered to be the home of the god or gods of those religions; 2 Among Christians, the part of space in which the omnipresent Jehovah is supposed to afford more sensible manifestations of His glory Hence this is called the habitation of God, and is represented as the residence of angels and blessed spirits Deut xxvi The sanctified heart loves heaven for its purity, and God for His goodness -Buckminster 7 The Supreme Power; the Sovereign of heaven; God; as prophets sent by heaven I have sinned against heaven -Luke xv Shun the impious profaneness which scoffs at the institutions of heaven -Dwight; the abode of God and the angels; emphasis You can say `Heaven knows' to emphasize that you do not know something, or that you find something very surprising. Heaven knows what they put in it; The place where the righteous will live forever in the Christian Religion Where God lives There are differences in doctrine on WHEN people go there and IF it is a real place See Hell; The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death; Consciousness of the omnipresence of God A state of consciousness in which the ideal is spiritually realized; emphasis You can say `Heaven knows' to emphasize something that you feel or believe very strongly. Heaven knows they have enough money; To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify; {i} place where God and the angels dwell; home of the righteous after death; paradise, bliss, utter happiness; sky, firmament; 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; In some religions, heaven is said to be the place where God lives, where good people go when they die, and where everyone is always happy. It is usually imagined as being high up in the sky. = paradise; for heaven's sake: see sake thank heavens: see thank. Dwelling place of God or the gods and the abode of the blessed dead. The term also refers to the celestial sphere, the place of the sun, moon, planets, and stars and the source of light, which symbolizes good. For later Judaism and Christianity, heaven is the destination of the faithful after a general resurrection of the dead, in contrast to hell, the place of punishment for the wicked. Islam has a similar belief. In Chinese religion, heaven is equated with the divine will, which guides the operation of all physical and moral laws. In some Mahayana Buddhist sects, heaven is a paradise for those who have received the saving grace of Amitabha. Heaven's Gate kingdom of heaven Temple of Heaven tree of heaven; feelings You say `Good heavens!' or `Heavens!' to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone. Good Heavens! That explains a lot!; emphasis You say `Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen. Heaven forbid that he should leave because of me!; The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp; Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight; The heavens are the sky. He walked out into the middle of the road, looking up at the heavens. = sky, skies see also seventh heaven; The place where God and his Angels are and where Christians will be after death; A blissful place or experience; The place where God lives and where Christians go after their death; Heaven is the dwelling place of God and for those who go there a place of everlasting bliss Scripture implies three heavens, since "the third heaven" is revealed to exist (2 Cor 12: 2) It is logical that a third heaven cannot exist without a first and second Scripture does not describe specifically the first and second heaven The first, however, apparently refers to the atmospheric heavens of the fowl (Hosea 2: 18) and clouds (Dan 7: 13) The second heaven may be the area of the stars and planets (Gen 1: 14-18) It is the abode of all supernatural angelic beings The third heaven is the abode of the triune God Its location is unrevealed (See Matt 23: 34-37; Luke 10: 20; and Rev 22: 2, 20-27); In scripture, the word heaven has three meanings (1) The sky, where the clouds are and where weather happens We use heaven in this sense when we describe an approaching thunderstorm by saying that the “heavens are angry ” (2) The place where the stars and planets are located We use heaven in this sense when we talk about the grandeur of the “heavens” while looking at the nighttime sky (3) The place where God abides with His angels In popular religion, Christians zip off to heaven when they die In historic Christianity, when Christians die, their souls go to Paradise (Luke 23: 43, also called the Bosom of Abraham) to await the Resurrection and the Last Judgment, after which they live in the New Jerusalem, also called the New Earth; disapproval You say `Heaven help someone' when you are worried that something bad is going to happen to them, often because you disapprove of what they are doing or the way they are behaving. If this makes sense to our leaders, then heaven help us all; the non-dualistic world of knowledge, wherein dwell God and His creation in the perfect unity of His Will and spirit; though exclusive of the world of perception, Heaven can be reflected here in the holy relationship and the real world see: knowledge; You can use heaven to refer to a place or situation that you like very much. We went touring in Wales and Ireland. It was heaven = paradise