Heaven

Domain	Definition
Satire	HEAVEN, n. 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. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
19th Century Satire	A good place to be raised to. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Bible	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). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Dream Interpretation	If you ascend to heaven in a dream, you will fail to enjoy the distinction you have labored to gain,, and joy will end in sadness. If young persons dream of climbing to heaven on a ladder, they will rise from a low estate to one of unusual prominence, but will fail to find contentment or much pleasure. To dream of being in heaven and meeting Christ and friends, you will meet with many losses, but will reconcile yourself to them through your true understanding of human nature. To dream of the Heavenly City, denotes a contented and spiritual nature, and trouble will do you small harm. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Heaven (Anglo-Saxon, heofon, from heofen, elevated, vaulted.) THE THREE HEAVENS. (According to the Jewish system.) The word heaven in the Bible denotes (1) the air, thus we read of "the fowls of heaven," "the dew of heaven," and "the clouds of heaven"; (2) the starry firmament, as, "Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven" (Gen. i. 14); (3) the palace of Jehovah; thus we read that "heaven is My throne" (Isa. lxvi. 1, and Matt. v. 34). Loosely, the word is used in Scripture sometimes simply to express a great height. "The cities are walled up to heaven" (Deut. i. 28). So the builders on Shinar designed to raise a tower whose top should "reach unto heaven" (Gen. xi. 4). THE FIVE HEAVENS. (According to the Ptolemaic system.) (1) The planetary heaven; (2) the sphere of the fixed stars; (3) the crystalline, which vibrates; (4) the primum mobilë, which communicates motion to the lower spheres; (5) the empyrean or seat of deity and angels. (See above.) "Sometimes she deemed that Mars had from Above Left his fifth heaven, the powers of men to Prove." Hoole: Orlando Furioso, book xiii. THE SEVEN HEAVENS. (According to the Mahometan system.) The first heaven, says Mahomet, is of pure silver, and here the stars are hung out like lamps on golden chains. Each star has an angel for warder. In this heaven "the prophet" found Adam and Eve. The second heaven, says Mahomet, is of polished steel and dazzling splendour. Here "the prophet" found Noah. The third heaven, says Mahomet, is studded with precious stones too brilliant for the eye of man. Here Azrael, the angel of death, is stationed, and is for ever writing in a large book or blotting words out. The former are the names of persons born, the latter those of the newly dead. (See below, Heaven of heavens.) The fourth heaven, he says, is of the finest silver. Here dwells the Angel of Tears, whose height is "500 days' journey," and he sheds ceaseless tears for the sins of man. The fifth heaven is of purest gold, and here dwells the Avenging Angel, who presides over elemental fire. Here "the prophet" met Aaron. (See below. The sixth heaven is composed of Hasala, a sort of carbuncle. Here dwells the Guardian Angel of heaven and earth, half-snow and half-fire. It was here that Mahomet saw Moses, who wept with envy. The seventh heaven, says the same veritable authority, is formed of divine light beyond the power of tongue to describe. Each inhabitant is bigger than the whole earth, and has 70,000 heads, each head 70,000 mouths, each mouth 70,000 tongues, and each tongue speaks 70,000 languages, all for ever employed in chanting the praises of the Most High. Here he met Abraham. (See below). To be in the seventh heaven. Supremely happy. The Cabbalists maintained that there are seven heavens, each rising in happiness above the other, the seventh being the abode of God and the highest class of angels. (See above. THE NINE HEAVENS. The term heaven was used anciently to denote the orb or sphere in which a celestial body was supposed to move, hence the number of heavens varied. According to one system, the first heaven was that of the Moon, the second that of Venus, the third that of Mercury, the fourth that of the Sun, the fifth that of Mars, the sixth that of Jupiter, the seventh that of Saturn, the eighth that of the "fixt" or firmament, and the ninth that of the Crystalline. (See Nine Spheres.) HEAVEN (in modern phraseology) means: (1) a great but indefinite height, (2) the sky or the vault of the clouds, (3) the special abode of God, (4) the place of supreme felicity, (5) supposed residence of the celestial gods, etc. The heaven of heavens. A Hebrewism to express the highest of the heavens, the special residence of Jehovah. Similar superlatives are "the Lord of lords," "the God of gods," "the Song of songs." (Compare our Very very much, etc.) "Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's." - Deut. x. 14. Animals admitted into heaven. (See under Paradise.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Heaven

Synonyms within Context: Heaven

Modern Usage: Heaven

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Mamamama has gone to Heaven, Chèrie, like that sweet lady right there (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) My Spunk is manna from heaven. (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) It was the nearest thing to heaven. (An Affair To Remember; writing credit: Delmer Daves, Leo McCarey) And then in the desert, when the sun comes up, I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the earth began (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) If you became ill, heaven forbid, your doctor would be a college graduate (Matilda; writing credit: Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord. Based on the novel by Roald Dahl.)
Lyrics	Heaven, heaven oh heaven can't you help me (Heaven; performing artist: Nu Flavor) We'll make heaven a place on earth (Heaven Is A Place On Earth; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle) But something happened on the way to heaven (Something Happened On The Way To Heaven; performing artist: Phil Collins) Hey Sis, one kiss, and I was heaven bound (The Dean And I; performing artist: 10CC) Oh, heaven on earth is all you see, you're out of touch with reality (Everybody Plays the Fool; performing artist: Aaron Neville)
Clever	The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. (references; author: Mark Twain) May you get to Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead. (references; author: Irish Proverb) Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled. (references; author: unknown) Hell has no exits. Heaven needs none. (references; author: unknown) If God didn't forgive, Heaven would be empty. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Lathe of Heaven (2002) Getting Into Heaven (1970) The Eye of Heaven (1969) Heaven with a Gun (1969) Part 1: The City - Heaven and Hell Lewis Mumford on the City (1963)
Song Titles	Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven) (performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) Stairway to Heaven (performing artist: Led Zeppelin) Heaven (performing artist: Nu Flavor) Something Happened On The Way To Heaven (performing artist: Phil Collins) Rock and Roll Heaven (performing artist: Righteous Brothers)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Heaven

Domain	Title
References	Sweets From Heaven Holdings Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	One Door Away from Heaven (reference) The Bible According to Mark Twain: Irreverent Writings on Eden, Heaven, and the Flood by America's Master Satirist (reference) The Adamantine Gate or Those Double Doors of Heaven (reference) The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (reference) Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island Trilogy) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Heaven Hill Company Report (reference) Musu Pastoge = Our Heaven (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	All That Heaven Allows - Criterion Collection (reference) Days of Heaven (reference) My Blue Heaven (reference) Heaven Help Us (reference) The Children of Heaven (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Far from Heaven (Score) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Hybrid Heaven (reference) Might and Magic 6: Mandate of Heaven (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Lamp Base - Seventh Heaven (reference) Stars Wall Hanging - Seventh Heaven (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Familiar Quotations: Heaven

Historic Usage: Heaven

Use in Literature: Heaven

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Heaven forbid
Last Chance To See	Douglas Adams	Somewhere not too far from here, toward the middle of the island, there may have been heaven on earth, but hell had certainly set up business on its porch
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	It was, indeed, a majestic idea, that the destiny of nations should be revealed, in these awful hieroglyphics, on the cope of heaven.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The archbishop, as officiating kislaraga of heaven, locked in, and zealously watched this seraglio of souls set apart for God.
Imitation of Horace	John Dryden	Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He tried to warm his perishing joy in their scarlet glow, imagining a roseway from where he lay upwards to heaven all strewn with scarlet flowers
A Swiftly Tilting Planet	Madeleine L'Engle	At terra at this fateful hour I call upon all heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lighting with its rapid wrath, And the winds with the swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness, All this I place,By God's Almighty help and grace, Between myself and the powers of darkness
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	As long as heaven and nature lengthens it.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Talk of heaven! ye disgrace earth
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: Heaven

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table. INSURANCE AGENT: My dear sir, that is a fine house -- pray let me insure it. HOUSE OWNER: With pleasure. Please make the annual premium so low that by the time when, according to the tables of your actuary, it will probably be destroyed by fire I will have paid you considerably less than the face of the policy. INSURANCE AGENT: O dear, no -- we could not afford to do that. We must fix the premium so that you will have paid more. HOUSE OWNER: How, then, can I afford that? INSURANCE AGENT: Why, your house may burn down at any time. There was Smith's house, for example, which -- HOUSE OWNER: Spare me -- there were Brown's house, on the contrary, and Jones's house, and Robinson's house, which -- INSURANCE AGENT: Spare me! HOUSE OWNER: Let us understand each other. You want me to pay you money on the supposition that something will occur previously to the time set by yourself for its occurrence. In other words, you expect me to bet that my house will not last so long as you say that it will probably last. INSURANCE AGENT: But if your house burns without insurance it will be a total loss. HOUSE OWNER: Beg your pardon -- by your own actuary's tables I shall probably have saved, when it burns, all the premiums I would otherwise have paid to you -- amounting to more than the face of the policy they would have bought. But suppose it to burn, uninsured, before the time upon which your figures are based. If I could not afford that, how could you if it were insured? INSURANCE AGENT: O, we should make ourselves whole from our luckier ventures with other clients. Virtually, they pay your loss. HOUSE OWNER: And virtually, then, don't I help to pay their losses? Are not their houses as likely as mine to burn before they have paid you as much as you must pay them? The case stands this way: you expect to take more money from your clients than you pay to them, do you not? INSURANCE AGENT: Certainly; if we did not -- HOUSE OWNER: I would not trust you with my money. Very well then. If it is certain, with reference to the whole body of your clients, that they lose money on you it is probable, with reference to any one of them, that he will. It is these individual probabilities that make the aggregate certainty. INSURANCE AGENT: I will not deny it -- but look at the figures in this pamph -- HOUSE OWNER: Heaven forbid! INSURANCE AGENT: You spoke of saving the premiums which you would otherwise pay to me. Will you not be more likely to squander them? We offer you an incentive to thrift. HOUSE OWNER: The willingness of A to take care of B's money is not peculiar to insurance, but as a charitable institution you command esteem. Deign to accept its expression from a Deserving Object.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Spoken Usage: Heaven

Speeches: Heaven

Usage Frequency: Heaven

Usage in Company Names: Heaven

Expressions: Heaven

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Heaven

Modern Translation: Heaven

Language		Translations for "Heaven"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		hemel (sky). (various references)

Albanian		zot (creator, Dan, demiurge, divinity, Don, God, godhead, Lord, manager, master, Monsieur, mynheer, overlord, Sahib), qiell (blue, empyrean, firmament, sky, welkin), perëndi (deity, divinity, God, powers), parajsë (Eden, elysium, paradise, sky), kupë qiellore (concave, dome, firmament, hemisphere, vault). (various references)

Arabic		‏فردوس (paradise), ‏سماء (sky), ‏النعيم (bliss, happiness), ‏الجنة (bliss, paradise). (various references)

Bulgarian		рай (elysium, paradise), господ, небосвод (heavens, welkin), небе (blue, canopy, heavens, sky, sphere), бог (king, power, the almighty, the infinite), блаженство (beatitude, benediction, blessedness, bliss, felicity). (various references)

Catalan		cel (sky). (various references)

Chinese		天堂 (paradise). (various references)

Czech		nebesa (canopy, heavens), nebe (hopscotch, sky). (various references)

Danish		himmerig (sky), himmel (sky). (various references)

Dutch		lucht (air, atmosphere, odor, odour, scent, sky, smell), hemel (baldachin, canopy, sky). (various references)

Esperanto		ĉielo (sky). (various references)

Faeroese		himmal (sky), himin (sky). (various references)

Farsi		فلک (Bastinado, Orbit, Sky, Sphere), هفت طبقه اسمان , قدرت پروردگار, گردون (Sphere), سپهر, عالم روحانی , عرش (Height), خدا (Deity, Divinity, God, Godhead, Holy, Numen), اسمان (Height, Loft, Sky), بهشت (Eden, Zion). (various references)

Finnish		taivas (skies, sky). (various references)

French		ciel (good heavens). (various references)

Frisian		himel (sky), loft (air, sky). (various references)

German		himmel (blue, canopy, roof lining, sky). (various references)

Greek		παράδεισοσ (paradise), ουρανόσ (sky, welkin), ουρανός (sky). (various references)

Hebrew		שמים (firmament, sky), שחקים, גן עדן (elysium, paradise), רקיע (canopy, expanse, firmament, sky). (various references)

Hungarian		ég (burn, celestial sphere, clime, flame, sky, to be on fire, to burn, to flame), menny, égbolt (azure, canopy of heaven, cope of heaven, firmament, sky, vault). (various references)

Icelandic		himinn (sky). (various references)

Indonesian		surga (celestial, paradise), langit (divine, sky), kayangan (world of gods). (various references)

Irish		spéir (sky), neamh (sky), aer (air, sky). (various references)

Italian		cielo (canopy, climate, sky), paradiso (paradise). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		皇天 (providence), ヘブライ語 (health, health center, health check, health club, health food, health meter, healthy, heart, Hebrew, helicopter, Helios, helioscope, heliotrope, heliport, helium, helix, hell, Hellenism, hellfire, helm, helmet, Helmholtz, help, helper, Helsinki, hem, hemline, hemoglobin, hemstitch, hen party, Henckels, henna, Hepburn, Herakles, herald, Hercules, Hermes, hernia, heroin, herpangina, herringbone, Herzogovina, Hz, Mr, Switzerland, type of massage parlor), 乾 (cured, dried, emperor), 天国 (Kingdom of Heaven, paradise), 天上界 (celestial world), 天堂 (paradise), 天 (heavenly, imperial, sky), 大空 (firmament, the sky), 上界 (upper world), 上天 (God, Providence, the Absolute, the Supreme Being), 常世の国 (distant country, hades). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おおぞら (firmament, the sky), ヘブン , かん (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leave, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), こうてん (a luminous point, a posteriori, changing for the better, fine weather, high score, Japanese classics, point of intersection, posteriority, providence, revolution, stormy weather), けん (and, authority, bayonet, blade, bond, case, certificate, circle, clock hand, concurrently, coupon, economy, emperor, health, in addition, item, matter, prefecture, range, sabre, sphere, stick-to-itiveness, sting, strength, sword, tendon, the right, ticket), じょうかい (regular meeting, sacred ground, the Pure Land, upper world), じょうてん (God, Providence, the Absolute, the Supreme Being), とこよのくに (distant country, hades), てんどう (cherub, children parading as cherubs, destiny, divine justice, gods disguised as children, paradise, Providence, the sun, way of heaven), てんごく (Kingdom of Heaven, paradise, warden), てんじょうかい (celestial world), てん (biography, celebration, ceremony, comment, communication, cultivated rice field, dot, establishment, law code, legend, life, mark, point, shop, sky, spot, store, tradition). (various references)

Korean		천국 (heavens). (various references)

Lombard		cel (sky). (various references)

Manx		niau, flaunys (Kingdom come, paradise, Utopia). (various references)

Norwegian		himmel (sky). (various references)

Papiamen		shelu (sky), shelo (sky). (various references)

Pig Latin		eavenhay.(various references)

Polish		niebo (sky). (various references)

Portuguese		céu (above, air, azure, blue, empyrean, firmament, paradise, roof, sky, sphere, welkin). (various references)

Romanian		cer (air, atmosphere, clime, firmament, high, paradise, skies, sky). (various references)

Russian		небо (palate, sky, the roof of the mouth, welkin). (various references)

Scottish		speur (firmament, the heaven, the sky), nèamh (the sky), iarmailt (sky, the firmament), flaitheanas, adhar (nm. See <A HREF="mf00.html#athar">athar</A>, sky). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		raj (eden, elysium, empyrean, paradise), nebeski svod (cope: the cope of heaven, firmament, welkin). (various references)

Spanish		cielo (angel, blue, canopy, cell, cupola, love, paradise, roof, skies, sky). (various references)

Swedish		himmel (firmament, gee, good heavens, goodness gracious, gracious me, man, my hat, sky), sky (avoid, cloud, gravy, liquor, meat juice, Shan, shun, sky), himmelskt (heavenly). (various references)

Tagalog		lángit (sky). (various references)

Turkish		tanrı (deity, divinity, father, God, the almighty, the creator, the deity, the divinity, the eternal, the godhead, the I infinite, the providence), sema (firmament, sky, welkin), mutluluk (bliss, blissfulness, elation, felicity, glory, happiness, Nirvana, sense of well-being, smiles, weal, welfare, well being), gökyüzü (air, azure, canopy of heaven, ether, skies, sky, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin), gök (celestial, firmament, sky, the blue), cennet (city of god, Eden, elysium, glory, paradise, pearly gates, pie, the happy hunting grounds, the new jerusalem), allah (Allah, father, God, king of kings, Lord, the almighty, the creator, the eternal, the godhead, the infinite, the providence, the supreme). (various references)

Ukrainian		кліматична зона, небо (blue, sky, sphere), небеса (empyrean), провидіння. (various references)

Vietnamese		Thượng đế (almighty, deity, everlasting). (various references)

Welsh		nen (arch, ceiling), nef, celi (God). (various references)

Yucatec		ka'an (sky). (various references)

Zulu		izulu (sky, weather), ilizulu (sky, weather). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Deity	Noun: Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship; Omnipotence, Providence; Heaven.
Hope	Anchor, sheet anchor, mainstay; staff; (support); heaven.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Our heaven born banner. Credit: Library of Congress.		The heaven that Sir Oliver and Sir Arthur report is the heaven imagined by fat-headed old women who love the dark and two dollars. Credit: Library of Congress.
	You'll never go to Heaven if you do a thing like this. Credit: Library of Congress.		Heaven protect us from our friends. Credit: Library of Congress.
	American classical dancers touring world, in dance before Temple of Heaven, Peking, China. Credit: Library of Congress.		Louis Armstrong, half-length portrait, facing front, holding trumpet, as he appeared in Columbia Picture's "Pennies from heaven". Credit: Library of Congress.
	Famous Battery "E" of 1st Artillery. These brave men and the Hotchkiss gun that Big Foot's Indians thought were toys, together with the fighting 7th what's left of Gen. Custer's boys, sent 200 Indians to that Heaven which the ghost dancer enjoys. This ch. Credit: Library of Congress.		Our father who art in heaven ... / A. Hoen & Co., engravers. Credit: Library of Congress.
	The roads to Heaven and Hell. Credit: Library of Congress.		There is no jade emperor in heaven ... peasant song, 1958. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Francis Thompson	Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.
Jean De La Fontaine	Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
John Keats	Health is my expected heaven.
Pierre Corneille	Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
Pollok	Living jewels, dropped unstained from heaven.
Seneca	Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
Sir John Bowring	A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
Sophocles	Heaven never helps the man who will not act.
Virgil	If I cannot bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	Where there is no judge on earth, the appeal lies to God in heaven. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Barbara Walters	Thank heaven. The producers, the associate producers, they're the ones who really are, I think, are the most important. I write, you know, my stuff and I'm very involved in the editing, and I'm very hands-on. But it would not happen without producers.
Rosemary Altea	Well, we leave this earth playing the spirit, the etheric body leaves the physical body and is able to travel through time and space to that place we call heaven. Whatever that place is.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Flight to Heaven" by Fresia Funk Commentary: "Another sad picture of my son looking to sky.. flight to heaven sweet angel..."	"Lift me up to heaven" by Frank Fonteyn Commentary: "As i went up to the top of the mountain i got stuck in a cloud, just before i made this shot."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Placed in a situation every way so auspicious, motives of commanding force impel us, with sincere acknowledgment to Heaven and pure love to our country, to unite our efforts to preserve, prolong, and improve our immense advantages.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Those numberless afflictions, which render it doubtful whether heaven has given life to us in mercy or in wrath, are less felt, and sooner forgotten with them.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.
Warren G. Harding	1921-1923	I accept my part with single-mindedness of purpose and humility of spirit, and implore the favor and guidance of God in His Heaven.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	82.98%	1,890	4,524
Noun (proper)	17.02%	388	14,252
Total	100.00%	2,278	N/A

Country	Name
South Africa	Sweets From Heaven Holdings Ltd
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Expressions using "Heaven": all this and heaven too ♦ and heaven knows what ♦ arch of heaven ♦ blue heaven ♦ canopy of heaven ♦ cope of heaven ♦ cry to heaven for vengeance ♦ deserving of heaven ♦ destined for heaven ♦ dome of heaven ♦ Eye of heaven ♦ for heaven ♦ go to heaven ♦ heaven be praised! ♦ heaven body ♦ Heaven dust ♦ heaven forbid ♦ heaven forbid! ♦ heaven forbid! far be it from! hands off! ♦ heaven forbid! out upon ♦ heaven knows ♦ heaven knows what ♦ heaven knows! ♦ heaven on earth ♦ heaven only knows ♦ heaven only knows! ♦ host of heaven ♦ in heaven ♦ in the seventh heaven ♦ Interjection: hurrah! Huzza! aha! hail! tolderolloll! Heaven be praised! io triumphe! tant mieux! so much the better ♦ manna from heaven ♦ move heaven and earth ♦ queen of heaven ♦ seventh heaven ♦ thank Heaven! Heaven be praised! Gott sei Dank! ♦ the cope of heaven ♦ tree of heaven ♦ vault of heaven. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Heaven": Heaven-and-hell, heaven-born, heaven-dust, heaven-glitter, heaven-haven, heaven-knows-anything-goes, heaven-knows-what, heaven-knows-where, heaven-nail, heaven-on-earth, heaven-sent, heaven-stormer, heaven-storming, heaven-touched, heaven-work.
	Ending with "Heaven": Bunnymen-heaven, mid-heaven, yob-heaven.
	Containing "Heaven": praise-my-soul-the-king-of-heaven-to-his-feet-thy-tribute.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
heaven	5,118	heaven in lyrics tears	132
7th heaven	3,748	heaven slip	124
stairway to heaven	683	dj sammy heaven	124
cheat heaven	614	7th heaven spoiler	121
school girl heaven	603	7th cast heaven	121
seventh heaven	498	7th heaven picture	108
heaven tenchu wrath	282	heaven street	108
tears in heaven	276	dj heaven lyrics sammy	107
heaven lyrics stairway	267	girl heaven.com school	107
screensaver heaven	262	hole in the floor of heaven	102
heaven lyrics	262	all dog go to heaven	96
far from heaven	243	hand job heaven	94
heaven hell	177	bollywood heaven	92
heaven and earth	174	angel of heaven	89
stairway to heaven tab	174	free heaven	87
heaven live lyrics	173	other side of heaven	84
cheat heaven tenchu wrath	166	7th episode guide heaven	83
the fire of heaven	162	heaven picture	81
heaven live	141	seven heaven	80
led zeppelin stairway to heaven lyrics	140	my blue heaven	78
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	an. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	aether, aether, aetherius, aethera, Ailanthus altissima, Ailanthus glandulosa, astra, aura, aurae, auram, auris, axes, axis, caeli, caelique, caelis, caelo, caelorum, caelos, caelum, coelesyriae, coelesyriam, Olympus, tripoli. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	heofon, rodor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 4, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Apo tote hrxato o ihsouV khrussein kai legein metanoeite hggiken gar h basileia twn ouranwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Exinde coepit Iesus praedicare et dicere paenitentiam agite adpropinquavit enim regnum caelorum
Old English	990

Heaven

Definition: Heaven

Heaven

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Specialty Definition: Heaven

Specialty Definition: Heaven

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Deity

Hope

Crosswords: Heaven

Modern Usage: Heaven

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Clever

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Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Heaven

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Photo Album: Heaven

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Familiar Quotations: Heaven

Francis Thompson

Jean De La Fontaine

John Keats

Pierre Corneille

Pollok

Seneca

Sir John Bowring

Sophocles

Virgil

Historic Usage: Heaven

John Locke

Use in Literature: Heaven

Emma

Austen, Jane

Last Chance To See

Douglas Adams

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Imitation of Horace

John Dryden

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Madeleine L'Engle

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Heaven

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Heaven

Barbara Walters

Rosemary Altea

Speeches: Heaven

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Andrew Jackson

Warren G. Harding

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Usage in Company Names: Heaven

Sweets From Heaven Holdings Ltd

Expressions: Heaven

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Modern Translation: Heaven

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