Lexical Definition

‎οὐρανός‎ ouranós (oo-ran-os') heaven ^G:N-M
perhaps from the same as ‎ὄρος‎ (through the idea of elevation)

air, heaven(-ly), sky.

• the sky
• by extension, heaven (as the abode of God)
• by implication, happiness, power, eternity
• specially, the Gospel (Christianity)

Abbott-Smith

οὐρανός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for שָׁמַיִם (hence, often pl., οἱ οὐ., v. infr.);]
heaven;
1. of the vault or firmament of heaven, the sky and the aerial regions above the earth: opp. to ἡ γῆ, He 1:10, II Pe 3:5, 10; ὁ οὐ. καὶ ἡ γῆ, i.e. the world, the universe, Mt 5:18, Mk 13:31, Lk 10:21, Ac 4:24, Re 10:6, al.; ἀπ’ ἄκρων οὐ. ἕως ἄ. αὐτῶν (on the absence of art. aft. prep., v. Bl., § 46, 5), Mt 24:31; ὑπὸ τὸν οὐ., Ac 2:5, Col 1:23; ὑψωθῆναι ἕως τοῦ οὐ., fig., Mt 11:23, Lk 10:15; σημεῖον ἐκ τοῦ οὐ., Mt 16:1, Mk 8:11, al.; αἱ νεφέλαι, Mt 24:30, al.; τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐ., Mt 6:26, Mk 4:32, al.; οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐ., Re 6:13, al.; pl. (οἱ) οὐ. (Bl., § 32, 5), Mt 3:16, Mk 1:10, Jo 1:32, II Pe 3:7, 13 al.
2. Of the abode of God and other blessed beings: of angels, Mt 24:36, Mk 12:25, Ga 1:8, Re 10:1, al.; of Christ glorified, 19], Lk 24:51, Ac 3:21, Ro 10:6, al.; of God, Mt 5:34, Ro 1:18, al.; ὁ Πατὴρ ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐ. (Dalman, Words, 184 ff.), Mt 5:16 6:1, al.; θησαυρὸς ἐν οὐ., Mt 6:20, Mk 10:21, al.
3. By meton.,
(a) of the inhabitants of heaven: Re 18:20 (cf. Re 12:12, Jb 15:15, Is 44:23);
(b) as an evasive reference to God, characteristic of later Judaism (Dalman, Words, 204 ff.): Mt 21:25, Mk 11:30, Lk 15:18, Jo 3:27, al.; ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐ. (= τοῦ Θεοῦ; v.s. βασιλεία).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

οὐρανός, ὁ,

Doric dialect and Boeotian dialect ὠρανός [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect ὄρανος (ὀράνω [Refs 7th c.BC+]

__I heaven: in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.1 vault or firmament of heaven, sky, γαῖα.. ἐγείνατο ἶσον ἑαυτῇ οὐρανὸν ἀστερόεντα, ἵνα μιν περὶ πάντα καλύπτοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; wrapped in clouds, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; above the aether, [Refs 8th c.BC+] continued to regard it as solid (στερέμνιον), [Refs]; defined as αἰθέρος τὸ ἔσχατον by [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἠέλιος δὲ οὐρανοῦ ἐξαπόλωλε, of an eclipse, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 heaven, as the seat of the gods, outside or above this skyey vault, the portion of Zeus (see. Ὄλυμπος),[Refs 8th c.BC+]; πύλαι οὐρανοῦ [Refs]; so, later, οἱ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ the gods of heaven, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν οὐρανῷ θεοί (viz. Sun, etc.) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νὴ τὸν οὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 in common language, sky, οὐδέ τις ἄλλη φαίνετο γαιάων, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ. ἠδὲ θάλασσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλέος οὐρανὸν ἵκει, κλέος οὐ. εὐρὺν ἱκάνει, renown reaches to heaven,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ὀρυμαγδός, κνίση, σκόπελος οὐρανὸν ἷκεν or ἱκάνει, [Refs 8th c.BC+] deeds of violence 'cry to heaven', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς οὐρανὸν βιβάζειν τι to exalt to heaven, [Refs]; πρὸς τὸν οὐ. ἥλλοντο leaped up on high, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 in Philos., the heavens, universe, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the heavens, [LXX]
__I.5 a region of heaven, climate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.6 [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II anything shaped like the vault of heaven, as,
__II.1 vaulted roof or ceiling, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.2 roof of the mouth, palate, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 lid, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 tent, pavilion, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__III proper name, “Uranos”, son of Erebos and Gaia, [Refs 8th c.BC+].; but husband of Gaia, parent of Cronos and the Titans (compare Οὐρανίδης),[Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ps.96.6*}