What is the Greek word for heaven?

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Posted in categories: Linguistics, Modern Greek

Ouranos for “sky, heaven”, and pre-Christian and proto-Christian notions of heaven. It’s what “Our father who art in Heaven” uses. And yes, that is the same word as Uranus; Uranus was the sky god.

Once Christianity was entrenched, Heaven as in where the virtuous dead go is Paradeisos, Paradise, as it is in Catholic languages too; English is an anomaly in retaining Heaven for that sense.

Answered 2016-02-11
[Originally posted on http://quora.com/What-is-the-Greek-word-for-heaven/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]

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