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These words all translate the Biblical Hebrew word rāqīaʿ (רָקִ֫יעַ ), used for example in Genesis 1.6, where it is contrasted with shamayim (שָׁמַיִם ), translated as "heaven(s)" in Genesis 1.1. Rāqīaʿ derives from the root rqʿ (רָקַע ), meaning "to beat or spread out thinly".
The Quran and Hadith frequently mention the existence of seven samāwāt (سماوات), the plural of samāʾ (سماء), meaning 'heaven, sky, celestial sphere', and cognate with Hebrew shamāyim (שמים). Some of the verses in the Quran mentioning the samaawat [21] are Q41:12, Q65:12 and Q71:15.
Araboth (Hebrew: עֲרָבוֹת, Tiberian: ʿĂrāḇōṯ, Deserts/Plains): [18] The seventh heaven, under the leadership of the Archangel Cassiel, is the holiest of the seven heavens because it houses the Throne of God attended by the Seven Archangels and serves as the realm in which God dwells; underneath the throne itself lies the abode ...
Bas relief of a seraph carrying a hot coal on the walls of the Jerusalem International YMCA.. A seraph (/ ˈ s ɛr ə f /; pl.: seraphim / ˈ s ɛr ə f ɪ m /; Hebrew: שְׂרָפִים sərāp̄īm, pl. שָׂרָף sārāp̄) [a] is a celestial or heavenly being originating in Ancient Judaism.
Caelus or Coelus (/ ˈ s iː l ə s /; SEE-ləs) was a primordial god of the sky in Roman mythology and theology, iconography, and literature (compare caelum, the Latin word for "sky" or "heaven", hence English "celestial"). The deity's name usually appears in masculine grammatical form when he is conceived of as a male generative force.
Depiction of the Commander of the Lord's Army in Joshua 5, by Ferdinand Bol, 1642.. In the Hebrew Bible, the name Yahweh and the title Elohim (literally 'gods' or 'godhood', usually rendered as 'God' in English translations) frequently occur with the word tzevaot or sabaoth ("hosts" or "armies", Hebrew: צבאות) as YHWH Elohe Tzevaot ("YHWH God of Hosts"), Elohe Tzevaot ("God of Hosts ...
The word derives from the Medieval Latin empyreus, an adaptation of the Ancient Greek empyros (ἔμπυρος), meaning "in or on the fire (pyr)". [ 1 ] In Christian religious cosmologies, the Empyrean was "the source of light" and where God and saved souls resided, [ 1 ] and in medieval Christianity, the Empyrean was the third heaven and ...
Beri'ah (Hebrew: בְּרִיאָה), Briyah, or B'ri'ah (also known as Olam Beriah, עוֹלָם בְּרִיאָה in Hebrew, literally "the World of Creation"), is the second [1] of the four celestial worlds in the Tree of Life of the Kabbalah, intermediate between the World of Emanation and the World of Formation (), the third world, that of the angels.