What (who) is heaven - definition
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![Devas]] sporting in Heaven. Mural in [[Wat Bowonniwet]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/018 Devas in Heaven (9174314518) (2).jpg?width=200 "Devas]] sporting in Heaven. Mural in [[Wat Bowonniwet]]")
![Assumption of the Virgin]]'', 1475–76, by [[Francesco Botticini]] (National Gallery London), shows three hierarchies and nine orders of angels, each with different characteristics.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francesco Botticini - The Assumption of the Virgin.jpg?width=200 "Assumption of the Virgin]]'', 1475–76, by [[Francesco Botticini]] (National Gallery London), shows three hierarchies and nine orders of angels, each with different characteristics.")
![Mystic [[Ibn Arabi]]'s (13th century) depiction of Seven Paradises (Different from seven heavens).
Diagram of Jannat Futuhat al-Makkiyya, ca. 1238 (photo: after Futuhat al-Makkiyya, Cairo edition, 1911).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Levels of heaven.png?width=200 "Mystic [[Ibn Arabi]]'s (13th century) depiction of Seven Paradises (Different from seven heavens).
Diagram of Jannat Futuhat al-Makkiyya, ca. 1238 (photo: after Futuhat al-Makkiyya, Cairo edition, 1911).")
![19th century [[Persian miniature]] depicting the artist's impression of heaven](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mohammed´s Paradise.jpg?width=200 "19th century [[Persian miniature]] depicting the artist's impression of heaven")
![Tuomatuan chief]] portraying nine heavens](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paumotuheavens.gif?width=200 "Tuomatuan chief]] portraying nine heavens")
![Chinese [[Zhou Dynasty]] [[Oracle script]] for ''tian'', the character for "heaven" or "sky"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/天-oracle.svg?width=200 "Chinese [[Zhou Dynasty]] [[Oracle script]] for ''tian'', the character for \"heaven\" or \"sky\"")
COMMON RELIGIOUS PLACE, TYPICALLY WHERE GOD(S) RESIDE
Wealth in heaven; Paradise (religion); Tenjou; Kasanaan; Svarga (Jainism); Buddhist heaven; Proof of heaven; The Heavens
n.
1) in heaven
2) (misc.) in seventh heaven ('in a state of bliss'); to move heaven and earth ('to make a maximum effort')
Heaven
COMMON RELIGIOUS PLACE, TYPICALLY WHERE GOD(S) RESIDE
Wealth in heaven; Paradise (religion); Tenjou; Kasanaan; Svarga (Jainism); Buddhist heaven; Proof of heaven; The Heavens
·vt To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to Beatify.
II. Heaven ·noun The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.
III. Heaven ·noun The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively;
- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.
IV. Heaven ·noun Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.
V. Heaven ·noun 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.
heaven
COMMON RELIGIOUS PLACE, TYPICALLY WHERE GOD(S) RESIDE
Wealth in heaven; Paradise (religion); Tenjou; Kasanaan; Svarga (Jainism); Buddhist heaven; Proof of heaven; The Heavens
n.
1.
Firmament, sky, welkin, empyrean, celestial sphere, starry heaven, vault of heaven, canopy of heaven.
2.
Paradise, Elysium, bliss, abodes of bliss, the Eternal Rest, our eternal home, our Father's house, Abraham's bosom, the Divine abode, God's dwelling-place, the house not built with hands, the New Jerusalem, the city of our God, the abode of saints, abode of the blessed.
3.
God, Jehovah, the Lord. See god.
4.
Exalted state, state of bliss, great felicity, supreme happiness, ecstasy, transport, rapture, transcendent delight, Paradise, Elysium.
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Heaven (disambiguation)
Heaven is the place where deities originate, and where earthly beings may experience an afterlife.
Heaven may also refer to:
- Celestial sphere, the sky as seen from the Earth
- Heaven in Judaism
- Garden of Eden
- Heaven in Christianity
- Heaven in Islam
- Jannah, Paradise in Islam
- Paradise, the abode of the righteous dead in religious traditions from around the world
- Tian, a concept translated as Heaven central to Chinese religion and philosophy
Pronunciation examples for heaven
1. heaven."
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2. Sheer heaven!
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3. Heaven knows.
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4. Heaven knows.
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5. Heaven forbid.
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Examples of use of heaven
1. And then came Horse Heaven, which was, for me, book heaven.
2. He‘s gone to heaven." Ethan said, "Where‘s heaven?" I said, "In the sky.
3. The constitution is like a heaven, but we have no ladder to heaven now.
4. And there‘s a difference of heaven and earth, of heaven and hell, between being prime minister and being Olmert.
5. Heaven knows, Marianne had already suffered enough.