2006-12-29 01:37:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
According to Barnhart's Concise Dictionary of Etymology, "heaven" "developed from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) "heofen" the place where God dwells.
2006-12-29 01:40:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from (before 900 AD) the Middle English word "Heven" or Old English "Heofon" both having the same meaning as our word Heaven of today
2006-12-29 09:40:16 · answer #2 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heaven means The Sky. In the Old Testament, ‘heaven’ is translated mostly from the Hebrew word 'shamayim' which means ‘the sky', or 'shamayin ...
2014-10-12 13:59:51 · answer #3 · answered by james y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: heaven
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: utopia
heaven
O.E. heofon "home of God," earlier "sky," possibly from P.Gmc. *khemina- (cf. Low Ger. heben, O.N. himinn, Goth. himins, O.Fris. himul, Du. hemel, Ger. Himmel "heaven, sky"), from PIE base *kem-/*kam- "to cover" (cf. chemise). Plural use in sense of "sky" is probably from Ptolemaic theory of space composed of many spheres, but it was also formerly used in the same sense as the singular in Biblical language, as a translation of Heb. pl. shamayim. Heavenly "beautiful, divine" is from 1460, often (though not originally) with reference to the celestial "music of the spheres;" weakened sense of "excellent, enjoyable" is first recorded 1874.
2006-12-29 09:53:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say the bible because the first bible was not in english.
HEAVEN
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HEV-en [key]
From the vocabulary word meaning "paradise".
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2006-12-29 09:39:03 · answer #5 · answered by Tray-Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was in a song
2006-12-29 09:38:42 · answer #6 · answered by Tegarst 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my GUESS would be the Bible
2006-12-29 09:40:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the bible
2006-12-29 09:39:01 · answer #8 · answered by blackbeauty 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋