{"id":10000,"date":"2023-12-26T19:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/uncategorized\/hip-glossary-heaven\/"},"modified":"2023-12-26T19:51:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T19:51:01","slug":"hip-glossary-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/hip-glossary\/hip-glossary-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Glossary: Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heaven:<\/p>\n<div><strong>Heav&quot;en<\/strong> (?), n. [OE. heven, hefen, heofen, AS. heofon; akin to OS. hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or from a root signifying to cover, cf. Goth. gahamn to put on, clothe one&#8217;s self, G. hemd shirt, and perh. E. chemise.] <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><strong><br \/>1.<\/strong> 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; &#8212; often used in the plural in this sense. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I never saw the <strong>heavens<\/strong> so dim by day. <em>Shak.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in <strong>heaven<\/strong>. <em>D. Webster.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><strong>2.<\/strong> The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Unto the God of love, high <strong>heaven&#8217;s<\/strong> King. <em>Spenser.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>New thoughts of God, new hopes of <strong>Heaven<\/strong>. <em>Keble.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>&amp;hand; In this general sense <em>heaven<\/em><\/em> and its corresponding words in other languages have as various definite interpretations as there are phases of religious belief. <\/p>\n<div><strong><br \/>3.<\/strong> The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; &#8212; used variously in this sense, as in No. 2. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Her prayers, whom <strong>Heaven<\/strong> delights to hear. <em>Shak.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The will And high permission of all-ruling <strong>Heaven<\/strong>. <em>Milton.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><strong>4.<\/strong> Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight. A <em>heaven<\/em> of beauty.&quot; <em>Shak<\/em>. The brightest <em>heaven<\/em> of invention.&quot; <em>Shak.<\/em> <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>O bed! bed! delicious bed! That <strong>heaven<\/strong> upon earth to the weary head! <em>Hood.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>&amp;hand; <em>Heaven<\/em><\/em> is very often used, esp. with participles, in forming compound words, most of which need no special explanation; as, <em>heaven<\/em>-appeasing, <em>heaven<\/em>-aspiring, <em>heaven<\/em>-begot, <em>heaven<\/em>-born, <em>heaven<\/em>-bred, <em>heaven<\/em>-conducted, <em>heaven<\/em>-descended, <em>heaven<\/em>-directed, <em>heaven<\/em>-exalted, <em>heaven<\/em>-given, <em>heaven<\/em>-guided, <em>heaven<\/em>-inflicted, <em>heaven<\/em>-inspired, <em>heaven<\/em>-instructed, <em>heaven<\/em>-kissing, <em>heaven<\/em>-loved, <em>heaven<\/em>-moving, <em>heaven<\/em>-protected, <em>heaven<\/em>-taught, <em>heaven<\/em>-warring, and the like. <\/p>\n<p>Source:1913websters dictionary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heaven: Heav&quot;en (?), n. [OE. heven, hefen, heofen, AS. heofon; akin to OS. hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or from a root signifying to cover, cf. Goth. gahamn to put on, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hip-glossary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}