HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

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HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges tion that it is connected with " to heave, " in the sense of something " lifted up," is erroneous), properly the expanse, taking the

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

of a domed vault above the earth, in which the sun, moon,

planets

PLANETS, MINOR

and stars seem to be placed, the firmament; hence also used, generally in the plural, of the space immediately above the earth, the atmospheric region of winds, rain, clouds, and of the birds of the air. The

heaven

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

and the earth together, therefore, to the ancient cosmographers, and still in poetical language, make up the universe.. In the cosmogonies of many ancient peoples there was a plurality of heavens, probably among the earlier Hebrews, the

idea

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

being elaborated in rabbinical literature, among the Babylonians and in Zoroastrianism. The number of these heavens, the higher transcending the

lower

LOWER

glory

GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie,
modern
- MODERN
gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

, varied from three to seven.

Heaven

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

, as in the Hebrew shamayim, the

Greek

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

oupavos, the Latin caelunl, is the abode of God, and as such in

Christian

CHRISTIAN
CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

eschatology is the

place

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

of the blessed in the next world (see

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