Etymology
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Inherited from Middle English kingdom of hevene, kingdom of hevenes, a calque of Ancient Greek Βασιλεία τῶν Οὐρανῶν (Basileía tôn Ouranôn), from the Gospel of Matthew.
Proper noun
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the Kingdom of Heaven
- (Christianity) A concept of heaven as a hierarchical dominion with God at the top and a court of saints, archangels and angels.
- The place where God rules and reigns.
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Christian concept
- Aghwan: 𐕉𐕒𐕡𐔳𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐕞𐕡𐕀𐕒𐕡𐕎 (ćudun üwxun)
- Arabic: مَلَكُوت السَّمَاوَات (malakūt as-samāwāt)
- Armenian: երկնքի արքայություն (erknkʻi arkʻayutʻyun)
- Bengali: বেহেশ্তের মুলুক (beheśter muluk)
- Catalan: Regne de Déu m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 天國／天国 (tin1 gwok3)
- Mandarin: 天國／天国 (zh) (tiānguó)
- Danish: himmerige n, himmerig n, gudsrige n, Guds rige
- Dutch: koninkrijk der hemelen n, hemelrijk (nl) n
- Finnish: taivasten valtakunta
- French: Royaume des cieux m
- German: Himmelreich (de) n
- Greek: Βασιλεία των Ουρανών (Vasileía ton Ouranón)
- Ancient: Βασιλεία τῶν Οὐρανῶν (Basileía tôn Ouranôn)
- Hungarian: mennyország (hu)
- Irish: Flaitheas Dé m
- Italian: Regno dei Cieli m
- Japanese: 神の王国 (かみのおうこく, kami no ōkoku), 天国 (ja) (てんごく, tengoku)
- Kazakh: Құдайдың Патшалығы (Qūdaidyñ Patşalyğy)
- Korean: 하느님의 나라 (haneunim-ui nara), 천국(天國) (ko) (cheon'guk)
- Latin: Regnum Coelorum n
- Luxembourgish: Himmelräich n
- Maltese: Saltna tas-Smewwiet f
- Middle English: kingdom of hevene, kingdom of hevenes, heveneriche
- Nahuatl:
- Classical Nahuatl: ilhuicac tlahtohcayotl
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: himmelrike n
- Nynorsk: himmelrike n
- Old English: heofonrīċe n
- Old Saxon: hevanrīki n, himilrīki n
- Plautdietsch: Himmelrikj n
- Polabian: emerikă f
- Portuguese: Reino dos Céus m
- Romanian: Împărăția Cerurilor f
- Russian: Ца́рство небе́сное n (Cárstvo nebésnoje), Ца́рствие Бо́жие (ru) (Cárstvije Bóžije)
- Serbo-Croatian: Kraljevstvo Božje n, Краљевство Божје n, Carstvo nebesko n, Царство небеско n
- Spanish: Reino de los Cielos m
- Swedish: himmelrike (sv) n
- Urdu: آسْمانی بادْشاہَت f (āsmānī bādśāhat), خُدا کی بادْشاہَت f (xudā kī bādśāhat)
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