heaven 音标拼音: [h'ɛvən]
n . 天,天空,天堂,天国
天,天空,天堂,天国
heaven n 1 :
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [
synonym :
{
Eden }, {
paradise }, {
nirvana }, {
heaven }, {
promised land },
{
Shangri -
la }]
2 :
the abode of God and the angels [
ant : {
Hell }, {
Inferno },
{
infernal region }, {
nether region }, {
perdition }, {
pit }]
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 .
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I never saw the heavens so dim by day . --
Shak .
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When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven . --
D .
Webster .
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2 .
The dwelling place of the Deity ;
the abode of bliss ;
the place or state of the blessed after death .
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Unto the God of love ,
high heaven '
s King . --
Spenser .
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It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell . --
Shak .
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New thoughts of God ,
new hopes of Heaven . --
Keble .
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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 .
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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 .
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Her prayers ,
whom Heaven delights to hear . --
Shak .
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The will And high permission of all -
ruling Heaven . --
Milton .
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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 .
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O bed !
bed !
delicious bed !
That heaven upon earth to the weary head ! --
Hood .
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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 .
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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 .]
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We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the hush of purple hills . --
G .
Massey .
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180 Moby Thesaurus words for "
heaven ":
Agapemone ,
Arcadia ,
Avalon ,
Big Rock -
Candy Mountain ,
Caelus ,
Canaan ,
Civitas Dei ,
Cloudcuckooland ,
Cockaigne ,
Eden ,
Eldorado ,
Erewhon ,
Garden of Eden ,
Goshen ,
Happy Valley ,
Land of Youth ,
Laputa ,
Never -
Never -
land ,
Neverland ,
New Atlantis ,
Olympian heights ,
Pandemonium ,
Quivira ,
Saturnia regna ,
Saturnian age ,
Shangri -
la ,
Utopia ,
Valhalla ,
Zion ,
acme ,
aerial heights ,
age of Aquarius ,
air ,
apex ,
apogee ,
azure ,
beatification ,
beatitude ,
bewitchment ,
blessedness ,
bliss ,
blissfulness ,
blue sky ,
brow ,
caelum ,
canopy ,
canopy of heaven ,
cap ,
cerulean ,
cheer ,
cheerfulness ,
climax ,
cloud nine ,
cloudland ,
contentment ,
cope ,
crest ,
crown ,
culmen ,
culmination ,
delectation ,
delight ,
dizzy heights ,
dreamland ,
dystopia ,
ecstasy ,
ecstatics ,
edge ,
elation ,
elevation ,
elysium ,
eminence ,
empyrean ,
enchantment ,
era of prosperity ,
ether ,
exaltation ,
exhilaration ,
extreme limit ,
extremity ,
exuberance ,
faerie ,
fair weather ,
fairyland ,
felicity ,
firmament ,
gaiety ,
gladness ,
glee ,
golden age ,
golden era ,
golden time ,
good times ,
halcyon days ,
happiness ,
happy hunting ground ,
heavens ,
height ,
heights ,
hereafter ,
heyday ,
high noon ,
high spirits ,
highest pitch ,
highest point ,
hyaline ,
intoxication ,
joy ,
joyance ,
joyfulness ,
kakotopia ,
kingdom ,
kingdom come ,
land of dreams ,
land of enchantment ,
land of faerie ,
land of plenty ,
land of promise ,
lift ,
lifts ,
limit ,
lotus land ,
maximum ,
meridian ,
millennium ,
mountaintop ,
ne plus ultra ,
nirvana ,
no place higher ,
noon ,
overhappiness ,
overjoyfulness ,
palmy days ,
paradise ,
peak ,
pinnacle ,
piping times ,
pitch ,
point ,
pole ,
promised land ,
prosperity ,
raise ,
rapture ,
ravishment ,
reign of Saturn ,
ridge ,
rise ,
rising ground ,
rosy era ,
seventh heaven ,
sky ,
spire ,
starry heaven ,
steep ,
stratosphere ,
summit ,
sunshine ,
the blue ,
the blue serene ,
tip ,
tip -
top ,
top ,
transport ,
unalloyed happiness ,
upmost ,
upper extremity ,
uppermost ,
uprise ,
utmost ,
utopia ,
vantage ground ,
vantage point ,
vault ,
vault of heaven ,
vertex ,
very top ,
welkin ,
wonderland ,
zenith
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Heaven ":
Acheron ,
Almighty God ,
Alpha and Omega ,
Atropos ,
Clotho ,
Dame Fortune ,
Decuma ,
Demiourgos ,
Demiurge ,
Fata ,
Fates ,
Fortuna ,
God ,
God Almighty ,
Hell ,
I Am ,
Jehovah ,
Jordan ,
King of Kings ,
Lachesis ,
Lord ,
Lord of Lords ,
Lord of hosts ,
Moirai ,
Morta ,
Nona ,
Norns ,
Omnipotence ,
Omniscience ,
Paradise ,
Parcae ,
Providence ,
Skuld ,
Stygian shore ,
Styx ,
Tyche ,
Urdur ,
Verthandi ,
Weird Sisters ,
Weirds ,
a better place ,
afterlife ,
afterworld ,
destiny ,
eternal home ,
fate ,
future state ,
home ,
life after death ,
life to come ,
next world ,
otherworld ,
postexistence ,
river of death ,
the Absolute ,
the Absolute Being ,
the All -
holy ,
the All -
knowing ,
the All -
merciful ,
the All -
powerful ,
the All -
wise ,
the Almighty ,
the Creator ,
the Deity ,
the Divinity ,
the Eternal ,
the Eternal Being ,
the First Cause ,
the Infinite ,
the Infinite Spirit ,
the Maker ,
the Omnipotent ,
the Omniscient ,
the Preserver ,
the Supreme Being ,
the Supreme Soul ,
the beyond ,
the good hereafter ,
the grave ,
the great beyond ,
the great hereafter ,
the hereafter ,
the unknown ,
what bodes ,
what is fated ,
world to come Heaven (
1 .)
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 ).
(
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 .
(
3 .)
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 .)
(
4 .)
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 ).
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