Strong G792ἀστήρ
star
- Transliteration
- astēr
- Pronunciation
- as-tare'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Probably from the base of G4766; a star (as strown over the sky) literally or figuratively: - star.
Detailed definition
ἀστήρ, -έρος, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב;]
a star: Mat.2:2, 7-10:, Mrk.13:25, 1Co.15:41, Rev.6:13 8:10-12 9:1 12:1, 4; metaphorically, ὁ ἀ. ὁ πρωϊνός Rev.2:28 22:16; ἀ. πλαῆται, Ju 13; ἀ. ἑπτά, symbolizing the angels of the seven churches, Rev.1:16, 20 2:1 3:1 (cf. ἄστρον, and see DCG, ii, 674 f.; MM, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for כּוֹכָב;]
a star: Mat.2:2, 7-10:, Mrk.13:25, 1Co.15:41, Rev.6:13 8:10-12 9:1 12:1, 4; metaphorically, ὁ ἀ. ὁ πρωϊνός Rev.2:28 22:16; ἀ. πλαῆται, Ju 13; ἀ. ἑπτά, symbolizing the angels of the seven churches, Rev.1:16, 20 2:1 3:1 (cf. ἄστρον, and see DCG, ii, 674 f.; MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G792 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- star21
- the3
- of1
First verses
- Matthew 2:2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
- Matthew 2:7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
- Matthew 2:9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
- Matthew 2:10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
- Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- Mark 13:25And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
- 1 Corinthians 15:41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
- Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
- Revelation 1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
- Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
- Revelation 2:1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
- Revelation 2:28And I will give him the morning star.
- Revelation 3:1And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
- Revelation 6:13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
- Revelation 8:10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
- Revelation 8:11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
- Revelation 8:12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
- Revelation 9:1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
- Revelation 12:1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
- Revelation 12:4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀστήρ, ὁ,
genitive έρος: dative plural ἀστράσι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.28, 317 (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus)]; ἄστρασι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (Scholia Ven., 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus))]:—star (see. ἄστρον), ἀστέρ᾽ ὀπωρινῷ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.5; οὔλιος ἀ. 11.62; Σείριος ἀ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 417)]; ἀ. Ἀρκτοῦρος the chief star in the constellation, [Refs ([prev. work] 565)], etc.; shooting star or meteor, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.75; οἱ διατρέχοντες ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 838; ᾄττοντας ὥσπερ ἀστέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 341a33, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 11.)]
2 flame, light, fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1131 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 ἀστὴρ πέτρινος meteoric stone, [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 2.13.9.)]
II metaphorically of illustrious persons, etc., φανερώτατον ἀστέρ᾽ Ἀθήνας[Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1122 (Lyric poetry); Μουσάων ἀστέρα καὶ Χαρίτων “Anthologia Graeca” 7.1.8 (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Mess.))]
III star-fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 32, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 548a7, “PA” 681b9, etc.)]
IV name of a bird, perhaps goldfinch, [Refs (Dionysius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “de Avibus” 3.2.)]
V blue daisy, Aster Amellus, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.66, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.119.)]
VI Samian clay used as sealing-wax, and in Medicine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 63, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.153, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.178, +others)]
VII architectural ornament, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.1484.83 (Epid.), “SIG” 241 B 111 (Delph., 4th c.BC).)]
VIII bandage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18 (1).823.)]
VIII.2 name of various remedies, [Refs ([prev. author] 12.761, +others)]
IX birthmark in form of star, Carcin. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1454b22)]: in Palmistry, a mark on the hand, τῷ ύ στοιχείῳ παραπλήσιον[Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.238.28)]. (Cf. Sanskrit stár- `star', Latin stella (from stēr-la), Gothic stairnō.)
genitive έρος: dative plural ἀστράσι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.28, 317 (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus)]; ἄστρασι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (Scholia Ven., 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus))]:—star (see. ἄστρον), ἀστέρ᾽ ὀπωρινῷ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.5; οὔλιος ἀ. 11.62; Σείριος ἀ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 417)]; ἀ. Ἀρκτοῦρος the chief star in the constellation, [Refs ([prev. work] 565)], etc.; shooting star or meteor, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.75; οἱ διατρέχοντες ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 838; ᾄττοντας ὥσπερ ἀστέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 341a33, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 11.)]
2 flame, light, fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1131 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 ἀστὴρ πέτρινος meteoric stone, [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 2.13.9.)]
II metaphorically of illustrious persons, etc., φανερώτατον ἀστέρ᾽ Ἀθήνας[Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1122 (Lyric poetry); Μουσάων ἀστέρα καὶ Χαρίτων “Anthologia Graeca” 7.1.8 (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Mess.))]
III star-fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 32, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 548a7, “PA” 681b9, etc.)]
IV name of a bird, perhaps goldfinch, [Refs (Dionysius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “de Avibus” 3.2.)]
V blue daisy, Aster Amellus, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.66, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.119.)]
VI Samian clay used as sealing-wax, and in Medicine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 63, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.153, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.178, +others)]
VII architectural ornament, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.1484.83 (Epid.), “SIG” 241 B 111 (Delph., 4th c.BC).)]
VIII bandage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18 (1).823.)]
VIII.2 name of various remedies, [Refs ([prev. author] 12.761, +others)]
IX birthmark in form of star, Carcin. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1454b22)]: in Palmistry, a mark on the hand, τῷ ύ στοιχείῳ παραπλήσιον[Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.238.28)]. (Cf. Sanskrit stár- `star', Latin stella (from stēr-la), Gothic stairnō.)