Heaven

hev′n, n. the arch of sky overhanging the earth: the air: a zone or region: a very great and indefinite height: the dwelling-place of the Deity and the ble ed: the Deity as inhabiting heaven: supreme happine .— adjs. Heav′en-born , descended from heaven; Heav′en-bred ( Shak. ), bred or produced in heaven; Heav′en-direct′ed , pointing to the sky: divinely guided; Heav′en-fall′en ( Milt. ), fallen from heaven, having rebelled against God; Heav′en-gift′ed , granted by heaven; Heav′en-ki ′ing ( Shak. ), ki ing or touching, as it were, the sky.— n. Heav′enline .— adj. Heav′enly , of or inhabiting heaven: celestial: pure: supremely ble ed: very excellent.— adv. in a manner like that of heaven: by the influence of heaven.— adj. Heav′enly-mind′ed , having the mind placed upon heavenly things: pure.— n. Heav′enly-mind′edne .— advs. Heav′enward , Heav′enwards , toward or in the direction of heaven.— Heaven of heavens ( B. ), the highest of the heavens, the abode and seat of God; In the seventh heaven , in a state of the most exalted happine —from the system of the Cabbalists, who divided the heavens into seven in an ascending scale of happine up to the abode of God. [A.S. he of on ; not to be conn. with heave .]